By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Up until Saturday, Feb. 5, I had been a faithful AT&T México (previously known as Iusacell) customer for more than 15 years, always carrying the maximum plan available and always paying my bill on time through an automatic payment from my American Express card. Sure, the service could be faulty, with constant call drop-offs and frequent reception
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has a handy way of dealing with facts and figures he doesn’t like: He simply rewrites them. Yes, the president’s “otros datos” (“different data”) stratagem is a magic wand he can wave over unpleasantries like inflation, economic downturn, crime, corruption and anything else he doesn’t like to make them
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reached his third official “Informe” (State of the Nation Address) as the head of the country’s executive branch, research consultancy SPIN revealed López Obrador has reportedly told 61,079 lies throughout the first three years of his six-year term — more than double the amount of lies attributed to former
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By KELIN DILLON According to an independent study from activist organization Vital Signs: The Pulse of México, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) lies, delivers inaccurate data or relays false information on an average of 80 times a day during his daily morning press conferences. The report, titled “The Value of the Truth: One-Third of the Six-Year Term,” was
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS We all trust our hairstylists implicitly, or else we wouldn’t be going to them. If they tell us that a certain product will strengthen our locks and give us extra shine, we immediately race off to the nearest department store to purchase a lifetime supply (just in case they might run out). If they tell us we
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