By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Thursday, Feb. 10, that his administration will finally address the long-stagnated issue of financial compensation for workers who were fired from the state-run Luz y Fuerza (LyFC) electricity company company in 2009, which was replaced by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). Under a new program, AMLO
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After just three months in the position, Jaime Cárdenas, the head of Mexico’s Institute to Return to the People What Was Stolen from Them (INDEP), resigned from his post on Monday, Sept. 22, effective Oct. 1. Cárdenas, who is the second person to oversee the INDEP, an organization created by Mexican President Andrés Manuel
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Energy Plaintiffs Sue, AMLO Replies There was a response from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, May 18, to the international plaintiffs suing his administration for breach of contract regarding the cancelation of their operations of clean energy production. “They have the right to go to court,” he said, “as do we have the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Electoral Fraud at the INE? On Friday, Feb. 7, the 11 councilors of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) carried out the reelection of its executive secretary to serve for six more years, with eight votes in favor and three against. The reaction in Mexico to the surprise reelection of Jacobo Molina and against INE president Lorenzo Córdova
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