By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The integration of all the federal deputies of Mexico’s Green Party (PVEM) into President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, with the subsequent disappearance of the party as a whole, would, if it were to come to pass (and it very well might), constitute the biggest fraud against the nation’s electorate
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Political Lockup No sooner had Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) backed down Friday, Jan. 22, on permitting states government and private businesses to purchase anti-covid vaccines, then the 10 governors belonging to the opposition group Federalist Alliance (AF) fired back, complaining that AMLO’s change of mind had come “too late.” “The authorization to join this
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Alfonso Romo Quits Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) chief of staff for the past two years, entrepreneur Alfonso Romo, turned in his resignation on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Speaking during his morning press conference on Thursday, Dec. 3, AMLO that Romo “will continue to be my liaison with the business sector.” “The truth is that he
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Officially, the calendar for Mexico’s 2021 midterm elections kicks off in October. But let there be no doubt that since President Andrés Manuel Lopez Abrader (AMLO) had his press secretary, Jesús Ramirez, read aloud the Broad Opposition Front (BOA) anonymous document, he either inadvertently or shrewdly kicked off the electoral year debate. For background, please read my
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Ever since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made public his receiving of the anonymous document BOA (initials in Spanish for Broad Opposition Bloc), talk about his suggestion that the country adopt a two-party political system has broke loose. As in all things, there are those in favor and those against, but most agree that the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There are two ways of looking at Mexico’s 2021 midterm elections: On the one hand, there will be the anticipated participation of the country’s seven existing political parties. On the other, there are still-undetermined organizations seeking registration with the National Electoral Institute (INE), and it is not clear whether they will get in or not. According to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Additional Tag-ons to the USMCA No sooner had U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to the House of Representatives for a vote on Friday, Dec. 13, than Democratic Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MA) introduced initiative HR5430, which tags five U.S. inspectors to oversee union elections in private companies in Mexico. Immediately, Mexico’s USMCA
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Throws Himself a Party Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) attracted over 70,000 cheering fans at Mexico City’s main square, El Zócalo, on Sunday, Dec. 1. They all came to hear him review his first year in office, as well as see how he has managed to comply with 89 of his 100 electoral campaign
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It is just now that we are witnessing the devastating political tsunami the victory of now-Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) wrought on the nation’s political system and the parties that competed in the 2018 presidential election. AMLO’s party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), swept the election with 53 percent of the vote, while his nearest
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