López Obrador Names New Customs Head
Foullon Van Lissum replaces Gen. Rafael Marín Mollinedo, who will now serve as Mexico’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization
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AMLO Names Former Labor Secretary as New Head of Interior
Alcalde Luján is a lawyer and has already served as a legislator
Read moreMexican Minimum Wage to Increase by 20 Percent in 2023
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The minimum wage in Mexico — the lowest within the three-member United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) region — will increase by 20 percent in the coming year, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Thursday, Dec. 1. The announcement constituted the fifth increase in Mexico’s minimum wage since López Obrador took office four years ago. During the morning
Read moreHistoric Number of Women in AMLO’s Cabinet
By KELIN DILLON For the first time in the history of Mexico, almost half of the federal government’s secretariats will now be headed by women. The new cabinet of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) will consist of nine women and 10 men, the closest gender differential ever seen in a Mexican president’s cabinet. The appointments break traditional gendered
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