By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Supposedly, sometime in July 2022, a baby was born and became the eighth billion member of the living human family. The planet’s population has doubled in 48 years. Quite an accomplishment. So the question might be, what is Mexico’s place in a global community of 8 billion people? The answer is tricky because there are
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AMLO’s Answer to Increased Poverty under his Regime
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AMLO’s Fourth Year: More Hunger and More Shortages
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Knowing I was going to be out of Mexico for a few months, I went to my favorite torta place- Tortas are like sandwiches, but on soft oval rolls, and are a favorite Mexican treat. I usually call in ahead so that I do not have to wait, but this time I did not, so
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Six former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan speak out
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XINHUA Children living in impoverished areas are the most vulnerable group in Mexico due to a lack of adequate education services during the covid-19 pandemic, according to Maria Teresa Reyes Ruiz, a social sciences researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Most households suffered a drop in income or unemployment of at least one family member, impacting the
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Strengthening the Mexican Economy
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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
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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,
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Hunger in Mexico, and AMLO Doesn’t Care
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