AMLO Touts 4T Success in State of the Nation Address
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The Mexican president’s annual State of the Nation Address had few surprises and little new information, but was eloquently presented…
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At Long Last, Investors Respond to AMLO’s Call
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The Mexican business community is finally showing an inkling of positivity toward President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)…
Read moreThe Dog Fight over Santa Lucía Airport
By RICARDO CASTILLO One day yes and the next day no. Again we’re getting bombarded with news of judges ordering the cancellation of the still-to-be-built Santa Lucía Airport located just northwest of the Teotihuacán pyramida, to the north of Mexico City. As of last week, 80 suits had been filed on environmental grounds stating that the damage the airport would
Read moreA Review of the First Year of Five Mexican Presidents
By RICARDO CASTILLO The word “recession” currently seems to be striking terror in the heart of most Mexicans. And given the humongous volume of antagonism President Andrés López Obrador (AMLO) is confronting, the word is even more threatening to his opponents. Not only that, AMLO is fighting a war of economic terminology in which the truth is in the voice
Read moreSanta Lucia Airport Beleaguered by Suits
By RICARDO CASTILLO Was there or was there not corruption involved in the construction of the now-defunct New International Mexico Airport (NAIM)? Just Monday, July 15, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said there was corruption in many of the already-awarded construction contracts, while Communications and Transportation Secretary (SCT) Javier Jiménez Espriú stated that corruption was not an issue
Read moreAMLO and Slim Mend Fences
By RICARDO CASTILLO Just when everyone in Mexico thought President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and tycoon entrepreneur Carlos Slim had frozen their relationship, last Friday, June 28, they reappeared together in the state of Oaxaca to relaunch the completion of the 150-kilometer-long, two-expanded-lane Milta-Tehuantepec super highway, with an 8-billion-peso investment. Was this event the beginning of the thawing of
Read moreAMLO’s July 1 Victory Is Now a Holiday
By RICARDO CASTILLO Although Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is celebrating the first year of his landslide victory on Monday, July 1, he has actually only spent seven months as head of state. His six-year term began on Dec. 1, 2018. But a year ago, there was no doubt about it, and he began giving orders right from
Read moreWe’ll All Be Paying for AMLO’s ‘Berrinches’
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) may only serve a six-year term (or, at least, that is what he is vowing at the moment, but then again, he keeps changing his mind on things and rewriting the constitution to suit his convenience, and we all know that his Venezuelan political role models seem to inspire a
Read moreAMLO’s Ever-Deepening Hole
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The very astute U.S. political columnist and comedian Will Rogers once quipped: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Sage advice, and solid counsel that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) would do well to follow. But even before he took office in December of last year, Mexico’s populist president has been excavating his
Read moreMay 5 Holiday Brings Minor Skirmish for AMLO
By RICARDO CASTILLO The organized Cinco de Mayo marches in different cities across Mexico on Sunday, May 5, were the first organized protests against the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). There was one in Mexico City that garnered about 15,000 participants, according to figures released by the Mexico City government, and less meaningful ones in Guadalajara and
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