By RICARDO CASTILLO Politics and Vaccinations The inevitable mixture of pandemic vaccinations and Mexico’s electoral year politicking could be foreseen months ago. But, now that the antigen is trickling into the country in ever-growing numbers, so is the criticism of opposition political parties who claim President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is using the vaccines as a political tool to
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS If there remains any doubt as to whether or not Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has assumed dictatorial powers, his blatant use of “trial by president” should be proof enough for anyone with even the slightest knowledge of how a democracy is supposed to work. Let me be very clear: The fact that AMLO has
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The European Union (EU) will donate 7 billion euros (about $7.8 million) to Mexico to support social justice programs, such as women’s defense programs and indigenous rights organizations, and to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, EU Embassy Chargé de Affaires in Mexico Jean Pierre Bau announced during an internet press conference on Thursday, June
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Budget Change Controversy Harsh times demand harsh measures, and this week Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sent a bill to the Chamber of Deputies proposing to rearrange the government’s budget to meet the inevitable health and financial crisis looming for the nation. AMLO’s adversaries, through the non-governmental organization México Evalúa (Evaluates) has claimed that the
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XINHUA Japanese Honda and German Audi automobiles said Wednesday, March 19, that they were temporarily suspending production in their plants in Mexico due to a lack of inputs and a weak demand for vehicles amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Honda said it will idle its plant in central Guanajuato state from March 23 to March 31, as part of a
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BY RICH GRANT They say that no one buildings cities like Prague anymore, but that’s not quite true. Most of the gorgeous baroque, “Old Europe” city you see in the heart of Dresden, Germany, today is brand new, even though it appears to look centuries old. From medieval-looking back alleys to grand cathedrals, from an impressive baroque opera house to
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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
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By RICARDO CASTILLO What came as a shock to the Mexican political system last Friday, July 5, was not that the nation’s fiscal (attorney) general managed to get a judge to issue him yet another arrest warrant against former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya Austin, but that the arrest warrant also included his mother, wife and sister, Gilda Austin,
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Ninety years ago today, on March 4, 1929, Mexican history took a turn to become the nation it is today. Modern Mexican history began with the foundation of the National Revolutionary Party (PNR), a political organization that would change name in 1940 to the Party of the Mexican Revolution and in 1945 to what it is today
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