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The Mexican Government’s Plan to Halt Fuel Theft
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The Mexican Government’s Struggle to Curb Fuel Theft
Read more72 Percent of Mexico under Cartels, according to Guacamaya Leaks
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Based on the Guacamaya Leaks — a collection of over 4 million confidential Mexican government documents that were released in early October by a group of national hackers exposing how the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been monitoring journalists using Israeli Pegasus spyware and how the military under his regime sold arms to
Read moreOne Dead, 15 Injured in Puebla Fuel Theft Explosion
XINHUA At least one person died and 15 others were injured in an explosion near an illegal tap on a pipeline belonging to Mexico’s state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company in the central state of Puebla, local authorities said on Sunday, Oct. 31. Puebla Governor Miguel Barbosa said in a press conference that the accident occurred near a liquefied petroleum
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Mexican Government Hypocrisy
Read moreA Tale of Two Huachicoleros
By RICARDO CASTILLO The talk of the day in Mexico continues to be the arrests for trial of alleged Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) budget-sacking artists Emilio Lozoya Austin and José Antonio Yépez Ortiz. The first is accused of crooked moves as director of the national oil company ,and the second actually is said to have called himself “owner” of the Pemex-owned
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO Weathering a Perfect Storm Over the past few days, representatives of all o Mexico’s major banks have held separate press conferences previous to the annual Mexico Banks Association Convention, now being held in Acapulco. Each of the interviewed representatives showed acceptance for the policies of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). This is an indicator that
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Unstoppable
Read moreAMLO’s Anti-Corruption Moves Get Approval
By RICARDO CASTILLO Every morning since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) came into power last Dec. 1, 2018, he has repeated over and over again that his leadership is meant to oust thievery within the Mexican federal government. The word “corruption” is repeated constantly in his daily speeches at the morning press conferences he holds at the National
Read moreThe View from the North: AMLO Feeling the Heat
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Although I live in the United States, as a Latino, I tend to follow Latin American politics closely, particularly in the case of Mexico. And in recent days, I’ve spoken with several of my Mexican friends and they’re all singing the same song: How did this guy Andrés Manuel López Obrador guy (AMLO) ever manage to
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