AMLO Cites Segalmex Fraud as ‘Stain’ of Presidency
The 9.5 billion peso Segalmex embezzlement surpassed that of the controversial 7 billion peso “Master Fraud” case seen under AMLO’s predecessor President Enrique Piña Nieto
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NYT: AMLO Only Making Poverty in Mexico Worse
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In a scathing report on the state of poverty in Mexico, the New York Times (NYT) on Monday, July 18, pointed out that while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly claimed that fighting poverty is his most important priority, nearly every policy he has enacted has only served to hurt the poor. Nearly four years
Read moreFAO: Hunger on Rise in Latin America, Caribbean
XINHUA The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) last week warned of a “dire” rise in hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, after the number of people suffering from hunger in the region grew by 4 million between 2020 and 2021 amid the covid-19 pandemic. From its regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile,
Read more14 Percent More Mexicans Face Food Insecurity under AMLO
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A severe drop in overall family incomes, spurred on by the still-rampant covid-19 pandemic and the country’s successive economic contractions, has led to a rise in Mexico’s poverty rate and in the number of Mexicans facing food shortages, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). In 2020, in at least 5.5
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