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A Nation Distracted by its Own Polarization
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The inauguration of the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) on Monday, March 21, by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) proved that in his polarizing and divide-and-conquer strategy, López Obrador has had an unwitting but unbeatable ally: a class-oriented and racist society that is willing to discriminate at the slightest provocation. Over the
Read moreAMLO Turns Former NAICM Site into Nature Reserve
By KELIN DILLON Just one day after the inauguration of Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) declared Lago Texcoco – the former site of the canceled Mexico City New International Airport (NAICM) – to be a protected nature reserve, putting an official nail in the coffin of the NAICM’s construction. Published in
Read moreOn Second Day of Operations, Felipe Angeles Fliers Diverted to Mexico City Airport
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF On its second day of operations, passengers slated to travel from Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) were advised on Tuesday, March 22, that their flights would instead leave out of Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport (AICM). The new airport, which was less than 50 percent operational at its official opening by
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Mexico’s New Felipe Ángeles Airport Set to Begin Operations
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s new, three-runway Felipe Ángeles International Airport is set to open on Monday, March 21, with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador AMLO) doing the ribbon-cutting honors. The airport, one of AMLO’s key vanity megaprojects, will have four confirmed carriers operating, the Mexican lines, Volaris, Viva Aerobus and Aeroméxico, plus the Venezuelan carrier Conviasa, which
Read moreNew Felipe Ángeles Airport Will Have Sluggish Takeoff
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Although Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) is set to be inaugurated with great fanfare by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, March 21, the initial takeoff of its operations will be extremely limited, with just12 daily flights from three airlines, while the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) that it is
Read moreFelipe Angeles Airport Cost 36 Percent More than Estimated
By KELIN DILLON Several years after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) canceled the construction of Mexico’s New International Airport (NAICM) in 2018 in favor of building the purportedly less-expensive Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) in the region, new figures have revealed that the AIFA has cost the Mexican government 116 billion pesos as of mid-March 2022 – a
Read moreFinancial Times Calls on AMLO to ‘Learn from his Mistakes’
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF London’s esteemed Financial Times (FT) newspaper on Sunday, March 6, called on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to “learn from his mistakes” and “to rethink his policies” that are dragging the country back to the 1960s. “López Obrador was famous for defying political gravity,” the world’s leading business publication said in an
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