AMLO came to Sheinbaum’s defense during his daily morning press conference, claiming the “vultures are circling” around the Mexico City mayor in the wake of Saturday’s tragic accident
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By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Once again, the the very midst of a surge in covid-19 infections, Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum on decreed a series of illogical and impractical restrictions on the circulation of private vehicles for Wednesday, June 8, due to an environmental contingency. With this order, she sent hundreds of thousands of Mexico City residents scrambling to get
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By KELIN DILLON Following the deadly crash of Mexico City Line 12 metro cars late Monday, May 3, which left 24 dead and a further 79 people injured, a magnifying glass has been brought close to the history of the metro line in an effort to figure out just how such a fatal tragedy could happen. The incident, which occurred
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XINHUA Mexico’s light vehicle sales fell to a five-year low in 2019, after tumbling 7.7 percent compared to the previous year, the country’s National Institute of Geography and Statistics (Inegi) said Tuesday, Jan. 7. In 2019, the industry sold a total of 1,317,727 units compared to 1,426,926 units in 2018. According to the Inegi, these figures are the worst for
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s renowned for its transparent finances and solid economic growth (an expected 2.9 percent for 2018, and a predicted 2.2 percent for 2019), recognized universally for it superb public education and gender equality (in 1906, it was the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections),
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