By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
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By KELIN DILLON Following the events of the women’s march through the streets of Mexico City on Monday, March 8, protesting gender violence, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who has been criticized by the feminist movement as being dismissive of its cause, said the female demonstrators were guilty of “hypocrisy and manipulation,” once again ignoring the larger issue
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Lozoya Case Postponed The start date for the trial of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya Austin was postponed on request of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office due to pandemic-related complications. The deadline was supposed to be last Sunday, March 7. Judge José Artemio Zúñiga Mendoza, however, granted investigators more time to conclude the presentation of
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By KELIN DILLON On International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, over 20,000 of Mexico’s women marched throughout Mexico City in planned protests of violence nationwide against women, and the country’s high femicide rate of more than 10 women killed each day, reaching the National Palace, where they rallied against populist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) for his apparent
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By KELIN DILLON As protests continue in Mexico against National Regeneration Movement (Morena) gubernatorial candidate for Guerrero Félix Salgado Macedonio, who has been accused of the alleged rape and sexual assault of several women, a similar case has arisen in the United States against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s purported inappropriate behavior, showing a stark contrast between how the two
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Pemex Drops Fitch, But It’s Not Reciprocal The Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) dropped the international ratings firm Fitch from its budget on Tuesday, March 2, saying that it “no longer needs” the New York-based company’s services. Fitch’s ratings of the humongous Pemex debt has been harsh, and in its latest move. Fitch downgraded
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After bowing to public and media pressure, Mexico’s incumbent National Regeneration Movement (Morena) has decided to backtrack — at least partially — regarding its decision to run an embroiled Félix Salgado Macedonio for the gubernatorial seat of the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero. On Monday, March 1, the leftist Morena announced that it would reopen the public
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By KELIN DILLON Since taking office in December 2018, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been increasingly flexing his mounting power, showing anyone who dares to cross him that they will face his angry retribution, as he attempts to consolidate the government’s control over the nation. López Obrador has now come for the Superior Audit of the Federation
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When more than 4.7 million homes in the north of Mexico were left without light or heating on Monday, Feb. 15, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was quick to resort to his favorite stock scapegoat for the subsequent humanitarian and economic repercussions: Blame it on past administrations. True to form, rather than assuming responsibility for the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Electricity Reform Bill Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Sunday, Feb. 21, pleaded with Congress to pass his electricity reform bill. “I hope next week the (electricity) reform I presented to Congress will be approved to help strengthen the (state-owned) Federal Electricity Commission (CFE),” he said. AMLO spoke about the electricity bill in two acts
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