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Morena-Led Senate Lacks Transparency

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By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican Senate, which is currently headed by the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has not disclosed its expenses for the years 2020 and 2021. Morena has been known to preach austerity and transparency, but in the Senate — where it chairs the Board of Directors, the governing body of the

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Chapultepec Contaminated with Mercury, Arsenic

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By MARK LORENZANA The soil of the fourth section of Mexico City’s Chapultepec Forest, which is currently being developed as a new tourist area with a number of added attractions, was found to be contaminated with high levels of mercury and arsenic, exceeding the limits allowed by the Official Mexican Standard (NOM) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Chapultepec Forest’s

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