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Morena Claims Opposition Is Boycotting Referendum

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Kelin Dillon Leave a comment

By KELIN DILLON Ignacio Mier Velazco, the in-power National Regeneration Movement’s (Morena) coordinator in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, claimed the country’s opposition parties are attempting to boycott and “derail” August’s public referendum, which Morena proposed to determine whether or not Mexico’s former presidents should be prosecuted for their alleged crimes “Today we see how the rightwing parties, the National Electoral

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Posted on April 19, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis 2 comments

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Vaccine Chaos The covid-19 vaccine rollout in Mexico, which began in December of last year, has been chaotic, to say the least, with allegations of empty syringes, vaccine hoarding, preferential administration for government workers and political maneuvering. Currently, the government is dishing up a hodgepodge of both one-dose and two-dose vaccines (some internationally verified, some not) from

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Posted on January 20, 2021 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid-19 Vaccines Politicized Ever since the Mexican government announcement on Friday, Jan. 15, that “the last batch” of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines — 219,375 vaccine units, to be exact, half the expected number of doses, would arrive in the country Tuesday, Jan. 19, the topic became a focus of a raging political debate. But at the root of that

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For a Few Dollars More

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO The last brawl in this legislative year in the Mexican Congress was over the so-called “Monreal Bill” that was stuck in the middle of a verbal debate and its vote postponed until February. The bill is also known as the “Bank of Mexico,” or “Banxico Bill,” and it has already passed with leeway at the Senate, and

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Posted on November 25, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Businesses Hit the Outsourcing Panic Button The start of an Open Parliament to discuss Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed reform of outsourcing practices forced the leading business organization representatives to call for an emergency meeting with him that very same day. The president received the businessmen at the National Palace. Given the positioning of

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