Inside Segalmex’s 15 Billion-Peso Embezzlement Scandal
While founded with the positive intention of supplying low-income Mexican families with affordable food resources, Segalmex soon became embroiled in scandal
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CDMX Government’s Contract Transparency Turns Opaque
The Mexico City government reportedly spent 57.95 billion pesos on public contracts in 2022 alone, with next to no details surrounding the year’s contracts involved made transparent to the public
Read moreLine 3 Metro Crash Fallout Lands Squarely on Sheinbaum’s Shoulders
AMLO came to Sheinbaum’s defense during his daily morning press conference, claiming the “vultures are circling” around the Mexico City mayor in the wake of Saturday’s tragic accident
Read moreSenate Prunes Morena’s ‘Plan B’ Reform as Opposition Cries Foul
By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial ‘plan b’ electoral reform may have only passed through the Chamber of Deputies due to added provisions requested by the National Regeneration Movement’s (Morena) allies the Green Party (PVEM) and the Labor Party (PT), the reform’s senatorial debate during the Mexican Senate’s Monday, Dec. 12, session saw some
Read more‘Plan B’ Braces for Backlash from Private Sector, Opposition Parties
By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena) managed to squeeze its controversial ‘plan b’ electoral reforms into passage by the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a last-minute legislative presentation and vote on the matter in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 7, Morena’s fast-tracked course of action has received major backlash from
Read morePRI Suspends Electoral-Reform Support after March for INE
By KELIN DILLON Just one day after the massive Sunday, Nov. 13, march in Mexico City in support of the Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE), Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has seemingly rescinded on its previous promise to work with the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) to pass a controversial constitutional electoral reform, and is now publicly proclaiming its
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Is Cash Still King in Mexico?
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Someone asked me recently if cash was still the main form of payment in Mexico. And just like the answer to other broad and vague questions, when assessing whether cash is still king in Mexico, the answer is yes … and no. At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, the Mexican government, in conjunction with
Read moreMexican Government Faces Suit Over Illegally Auctioned Vehicles
By KELIN DILLON After selling off a number of luxury vehicles seized from the hacker organization the Bandidos Revolutions Team in 2019, Mexico’s National Institute to Return the Stolen to the People (Indep) is now facing lawsuits for auctioning off the cars – most of which were made by high-end manufacturers such as Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini and Mercedes-Benz – without
Read moreIt’s Time to Block Taliban Leaders’ Trips Abroad
Six former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan speak out
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The AMLO Administration at Work
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