According to López Obrador, Grupo México has volunteered to temporarily concede the 120 kilometers of tracks on Ferrosur’s southeastern Tehuantepec Isthmus Railroad to Semar in exchange for an extended eight-year concession period for this same stretch of tracks spanning from 2036 to 2044
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By MARK LORENZANA Expect economic turbulence this year on a global scale, with “obvious effects for Mexico,” according to José Domingo Figueroa, the new president of the Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF), in an interview with Mexican daily newspaper Reforma on Monday, Jan. 2. Two of the biggest factors that will directly affect Mexico’s economy, according to Figueroa, are
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA In February of this year, the San Diego Union-Tribune published an editorial criticizing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), saying his “rhetoric will get more journalists killed.” Specifically, the Union-Tribune editorial zeroed in on López Obrador’s penchant for labeling journalists — especially journalists who criticize AMLO and his administration — as “thugs,” “mercenaries” and “sellouts.”
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA It was exactly a month ago, on Nov. 15, when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced that he would pivot to a Plan B to pass his contentious electoral initiative, by any means necessary. But the most alarming part? He was twisting the meaning of democracy to force down the throats of Mexican citizens
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By MARK LORENZANA The United States, on Saturday, Oct. 15, categorically denied that it has withdrawn its decision to request an arbitration panel to resolve the dispute over the energy policy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that has allegedly violated provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). On Friday, Oct. 14, in his daily morning press conference,
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By MARK LORENZANA The plenary session of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, approved the reform — jointly initiated by legislators of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) — to extend the Armed Forces on the streets until 2028 for public-security tasks. There were 339 votes in favor of the
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By MARK LORENZANA Less than a week after Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier tendered her resignation, Horacio Duarte has also stepped down as director of the National Customs Agency (ANAM). Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 12, that Duarte is leaving his post to dedicate himself to the “master battle” in
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By MARK LORENZANA Civil society organizations on Wednesday, Oct. 12, launched a new alliance, Unid@s por México, which aims to unite members of the different opposition parties and field a single candidate in the upcoming 2024 presidential elections to go against the administration standard bearer of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena). The six civil groups that make
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations Juan Ramón de la Fuente on Monday, Oct. 10, criticized the annexation by Russia of four Ukrainian territories, and branded the act as illegal. De la Fuente likewise announced that Mexico will vote in favor of a draft resolution in the UN General Assembly condemning Russia for annexing the four Ukrainian
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By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican Bar Association (BMA) has asked Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to stop threatening judges who rule against his government plans. Through a public statement signed by its president, Claudia de Buen, the BMA rejected the latest threat launched by López Obrador against Judge Francisco Javier Rebolledo Peña, who stopped the implementation of the new
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