AMLO Names Former Labor Secretary as New Head of Interior
Alcalde Luján is a lawyer and has already served as a legislator
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Summer Nears, but No Vacation in Sight
Political temperatures are also rising, and potential conflicts and near-miss economic catastrophes are coming to a head in the Western Hemisphere and around the globe
Read moreAMLO Administration Expropriates Private Railroads from Grupo México
As a result of the railways expropriation, Grupo México shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) fell by 4.29 percent
Read moreLópez Obrador Contracts Covid-19 for Third Time
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he had contracted covid-19 for the third time
Read moreNuevo Laredo Killings Were Military Executions, Says SeGob
Eyewitness testimonies from the crime scene say the killings occurred after seven young people leaving a Nuevo Laredo nightclub ran into a military convoy
Read moreHealth Authority Warns Vapers against Ingesting ‘Cockroach Poison’
By MARK LORENZANA Alejandro Ernesto Svarch Pérez, head of Mexico’s Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), warned on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18, that vaping devices and electronic cigarettes use cartridges with “vaping oil” that contain linalool — a substance used to kill pests such as flies and cockroaches — and ingesting it through vaping can be
Read moreYet Another Migrant Caravan Heads North to US
XINHUA A new caravan of about 500 migrants from Central and South American countries set off Monday, Aug. 22, from Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas with the aim of reaching the United States, local media reported. The caravan departed from Miguel Hidalgo Central Park in the city of Tapachula on the border with Guatemala, where many migrants have been stranded
Read moreThe Accidental Terminal Tourist
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It sounds like a plot out of a Hollywood movie. Actually. it is a plot out of a Hollywood movie: An Eastern European businessman arrives in an international airport only to discover that he is denied entry in the nation in which he has just landed and cannot return to his native country. But in this case,
Read moreWhy Bartlett Díaz May Finally Have to Pay the Piper
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The most notable aspect of the recent capture of Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, including the many signs of intelligence collaboration with U.S. agencies, is the rapid growth of speculation surrounding current Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) Director and former Secretary of the Interior Manuel Bartlett Díaz and the consequences that the delivery of the
Read moreMorena Is Becoming its Own Worst Enemy
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Mexican politics have always been distinguished by their dynamism and unpredictability. Year after year, new political alternatives arise, new players emerge and new ideologies evolve. The centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which for more than seven decades maintained control of the country’s presidency during the 20th century, finally succumbed to a desire for change when
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