By KELIN DILLON According to an investigative piece in the renowned international newspaper the New York Times (NYT), Mexico City’s tragic Line 12 metro accident in early May was largely the result of two Mexican public figures’ gross negligence in the construction and upkeep of the now-infamous route. The U.S. publication pointed to Marcelo Ebrard, the country’s current secretary of
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By KELIN DILLON Famed Mexican author and historian Enrique Krauze has been awarded the III Spanish Orders History Prize, recognizing his commitment and work surrounding the Hispanic world. Krauze, who has been on the receiving end of public attacks by current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) due to the author’s longtime criticism of presidential power, was proposed for
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The real root of the surging migrant problem along the U.S.-Mexico border is unscrupulous employers who are exploiting both lax immigration laws and undocumented workers, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau said late last week. No one is holding American employers to account for their willingness to hire millions of unauthorized immigrants,” Landau said in an
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), incensed by District Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro’s suspension of his controversial reform to Mexico’s electricity sector the previous day, launched a public tirade against anyone and everyone he deemed his enemies, ranging from foreign countries to his own presidential predecessors, during his daily press conference on the morning of
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By KELIN DILLON As protests continue in Mexico against National Regeneration Movement (Morena) gubernatorial candidate for Guerrero Félix Salgado Macedonio, who has been accused of the alleged rape and sexual assault of several women, a similar case has arisen in the United States against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s purported inappropriate behavior, showing a stark contrast between how the two
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico has started the process of vaccinating its vulnerable elderly population against covid-19, with all Mexican inhabitants above the age of 60 theoretically available to receive the vaccine as of Tuesday, Feb. 2. The new phase began the same day that the esteemed international medical journal The Lancet published a peer-reviewed analysis of trials of the Russian
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 27, that 44.9 percent more people died of covid-related issues from January through August of 2020 than initially reported by the Mexican government, adding another layer of discord to the nation’s dismal handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The government previously reported that deaths during the
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The Art of the Celebrity Editorial By KELIN DILLON The glitz and glamour of Hollywood stars have captivated audiences worldwide for over a century now, catapulting unknown actresses and actors from obscurity into household names overnight following a well-cast blockbuster. Whatever turmoils had occurred in the world outside — war, famine, poverty — could be forgotten for approximately 90 minutes
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By KELIN DILLON International attention was brought to the Mexican government’s mishandling of nation’s covid resurgence in a New York Times article published on Monday, Dec. 21, by Natalie Kitroeff. The Mexican government had reassured its constituents that Mexico City had not reached case levels high enough to re-enter the red zone during a briefing on Dec. 4. However, according
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Pressure to Restart Work Pressure on the Mexican government to get the economy going again is mounting from all sides. Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer, who is responsible for determining which municipalities and industries can reopen, however, does not yet have an answer. “In general there are approximately 990 municipalities applying to restart, but only about a third
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