By MARK LORENZANA With his popularity dropping, violence growing and the country’s economy crashing, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 1, tried his hardest to put a positive spin on his administration’s shortcomings through his State of the Nation Address (Informe de Gobierno) at the National Palace in Mexico City. The 50-minute speech
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA There have been mostly negative reactions to the appointment by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Leticia Ramírez as head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), to replace Delfina Gómez Álvarez. Ramírez has not been in her position for more than a couple of days, and already the SEP had presented a “New
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA The word democracy is a combination of two Greek words: demos, which means “people” and kratos, which means “rule.” The ancient Greeks, after all, are credited with inventing democracy as a form of government. In Mexico, though, “the rule of the people” has been steadily replaced by the rule of one man — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).
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By MARK LORENZANA Some independent journalists who attend the daily morning press conferences of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) are allegedly paid thousands of pesos by “companies, politicians and unions” to ask planted questions that are “disguised as complaints.” The “Bajo Reserva” column of Mexican daily newspaper El Universal, on Thursday, Aug. 4, reported that YouTube content creator and
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The famed Mexican Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte is slated to perform in the capital’s main plaza Zócalo on Sept. 15, and in order to accommodate the so-called “Franciscan Austerity” of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the group said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that they will offer his administration a “special discount.” The live, open-air
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO In a scathing opinion column published by its editorial board, the Washington Post on Monday, Aug. 1, said that while it would be best for the United States and Mexico to resolve their differences within an “atmosphere of calm and mutual cooperation, with no gratuitous irritations to this vital bilateral relationship,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO)
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OPINION PULSE NEWS MEXICO On the evening of Wednesday, July 27, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “hosted” yet another dinner at the National Palace for 50 of the country’s leading business community, and — true to AMLO form — the meal ended up being extremely costly … for the guests. The dinner, which was attended by members of
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA The initial request was reasonable enough. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday, July 20, that her office — the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) — had been requesting the Mexican government to address some concerns about Mexico’s energy policies that have been inconsistent with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Those U.S.
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OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO For four Mexican opposition political parties, it is the lull before the storm, scheduled for Sunday, June 5, when elections for governor will be held in six states. For sure the leaders of those parties are keeping up the competitive spirit, claiming the candidates they support will come out victors, a hope contenders claim is wishful
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OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER After a resounding failure to pass his controversial electricity reform bill in the April 17 vote at the Chamber of Deputies, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his leftist, in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party have set their aim on yet another target: the opposition. That campaign is gaining traction by Morena further
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