By RICARDO CASTILLO Last May 1, which happened to be International Labor Day, Mexico’s Labor Secretary Luisa María Ugalde announced the new labor reform which became law upon being published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. “(This law is) historic because it looks after a pending debt in the nation, because democracy and freedom had not arrived in the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … Credible food labeling and digital money are now on the horizon for most Mexicans…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Now that the annual hoopla of Mexican Independence celebrations is over, the nation will move on with one of the most important issues at hand, which is getting from Congress the approval of the 2020 Economic Package that will go into operation next Dec. 1. The package was delivered to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It may be money for the Mexican democratic dream, but a lot of people are wondering if it really does have to be that expensive. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested 12.5 billion pesos for its 2020 overall national operations from Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies. The figure does not include the 5.4 billion
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The 10-page-long resignation letter Senator Germán Martínez Cázares sent to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, May 21, resigning from the directorate post of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) marked a turn of political chess castling even before the president has been in office for six months. Immediately after Martínez Cázares’
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Keen insider observers consider that the first gathering of the disperse National Action Party (PAN) at its headquarters in Colonia Del Valle in Mexico City on Saturday, Aug. 10, looked more like a witches’ black sabbath than a political reunion. It became clear that “the spells” to bring “party unity” came from as many as six different
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