Corral Shielded from Arrest by CDMX Prosecutor
The former Chihuahua governor faces accusations of tax fraud and the embezzlement of 98 million pesos in his home state
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New Governors of Mexican States Inherit Debt from Predecessors
By KELIN DILLON The newly sworn-in governors of Mexican states Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Sonora, Campeche, Nayarit and San Luis Potosí have raised concerns about the precarious financial situations of the states they inherited, noting the lack of funds present to pay payroll, pensions and providers. The National Action Party’s (PAN) Governor of Chihuahua María Eugenia Campos made note of a 11
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Russian Vaccínea The Mexican Public Health Secretariat on Monday, Jan. 25, published in the Official Gazette the ordinance outlining the purchase of covid-19 vaccines by private citizens, companies and state governments. No doubt, the announcement was rushed to the government’s newspaper spurred on by the announcement that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was buying 24 million
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Curfew in Chihuahua An alarming surge of covid-19 contagion in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua forced authorities to impose a mobility stoppage on all activities. The curfew applies Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., and will be enforced for the weekend starting on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. through Monday, Nov. 9,
Read moreMexican Governors Threaten AMLO With Legal, Political Battles
By KYLIE MADRY Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has long been disliked by members of the opposition parties, who formed the country’s ruling class until AMLO and his National Regeneration Movement (Morena) took power. That distaste is turning into open revolt, as the president faces threats from the rightwing National Anti-AMLO Front (Frena), the newly formed Sí por
Read moreFederalist Alliance Threatens Secession from Mexico
By RICARDO CASTILLO In 10 separate gatherings of the so-called Federalist Alliance, the governors of as many Mexican states held meetings to demand that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) not drastically cut their income in the 2021 national budget. They also protested against the recent elimination of 109 federally funded trusts that sprinkled money into their states. In tandem,
Read more2020 Nears Finish, But Race Far from Over
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Voting for a Rigmarole The 11-member Mexican Supreme Court vote to allow a referendum to be held to decide whether to bring to trial past presidents for crimes allegedly committed while in they were in power past last week in two stages. The first stage was to decide if the public referendum is constitutional. The referendum’s constitutionality
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO and Corral Trade Verbal Punches On Friday, Sept. 18, Mexican Security Undersecretary Ricardo Mejía Berdeja named eight well-to-do Chihuahua farming families that he accused of “hoarding” 35 million cubic meters of Rio Conchos water, representing a full 12.5 percent of the water that is owed to the United States. One person alone, Mejía Berdeja said, is
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Debt Restructuring Plan The Mexican Treasury and the National Banking and Stocks Commission (CNBV) launched a national debt relief package to help borrowers and banks alike during the covid-19 pandemic-provoked economic crisis. The plan includes a downsizing of the agreed-upon interest rate and reduces the monthly amount borrowers are currently paying. All news arrangement will have to
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