By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO on an Electrical Collision Course Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) clearly sent a “suggestion” to the Chamber of Deputies in regards to their discussions over the increasingly controversial bill regulating the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). “Do not change even an iota of the text” that they had received from him for a fast-track
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Political Lockup No sooner had Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) backed down Friday, Jan. 22, on permitting states government and private businesses to purchase anti-covid vaccines, then the 10 governors belonging to the opposition group Federalist Alliance (AF) fired back, complaining that AMLO’s change of mind had come “too late.” “The authorization to join this
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and conservative National Action Party (PAN) formalized a political alliance by signing a joint coalition on Wednesday, Dec. 23. The Va Por México (Going for Mexico) alliance was officially announced by leader of the PAN’s Marko Cortés, the PRI’s Alejandro Moreno and a founding
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Alfonso Romo Quits Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) chief of staff for the past two years, entrepreneur Alfonso Romo, turned in his resignation on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Speaking during his morning press conference on Thursday, Dec. 3, AMLO that Romo “will continue to be my liaison with the business sector.” “The truth is that he
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The Last of the Sauri-ans The first week of September in Mexican politics was raucous from start to finish. Here is a capsulated roundup of events: It all started on Monday, Aug. 31, with the first vote at the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for the upcoming third and last year of the current legislature. Contending for the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO and Governors Powwow Mexico’s 32 governors are giddying up to meet on Wednesday, Aug. 19, with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in San Luis Potosí. Previous to the in-person summit, a group of 10 governors known as the Federalist Alliance video conferenced on Saturday, Aug. 15, to outline a plan of discussion with the president.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Salina Cruz Pier Expanded Notwithstanding a myriad of problems still left to be resolved in the construction of the Inter-Oceanic Train Corridor at the Tehuantepec Isthmus, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) inaugurated the first leg of the project, constituting an extension of the docking pier at the Salina Cruz port. AMLO said the dock would
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Three Executives Resign on AMLO After three women government executives resigned their posts on Friday, June 19, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) retorted: “All those who are not in agreement with the Fourth Transformation should consider resigning too.” AMLO also questioned the existence of some organizations that “sprouted like mushrooms” in past administrations, and now
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Officially, the calendar for Mexico’s 2021 midterm elections kicks off in October. But let there be no doubt that since President Andrés Manuel Lopez Abrader (AMLO) had his press secretary, Jesús Ramirez, read aloud the Broad Opposition Front (BOA) anonymous document, he either inadvertently or shrewdly kicked off the electoral year debate. For background, please read my
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Ever since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made public his receiving of the anonymous document BOA (initials in Spanish for Broad Opposition Bloc), talk about his suggestion that the country adopt a two-party political system has broke loose. As in all things, there are those in favor and those against, but most agree that the
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