By RICARDO CASTILLO Outsourcing Bill on Collision Course The bill to “reform labor outsourcing” sent to the Chamber of Deputies by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) last week is definitely heading toward a collision course in Congress. Mexican Labor Secretary Luisa María Alcalde complied the bill with the helping hand of the heads of the Mexican Treasury (Hacienda),
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Joining Forces against Morena The leaders of Mexico’s three largest minority parties met on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with two top entrepreneurs who recently formed a political front called Sí por México (Yes for Mexico) to compete against the ruling National Regeneration Movement in the upcoming 2021 midterm elections. Facebook Marko Cortés of the National Action Party (PAN),
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XINHUA German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) will invest $233.5 million to expand its engine plant in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, in a bid to boost production capacity aimed at the North American market, the company announced on Thursday, Nov. 12. Added capacity will be used to manufacture the new EA211 turbo-charged engine at the VW plant in Silao,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid Vaccine Trials Mexico will soon launch phase 3 trials of the Canadian-Chinese covid-19 vaccine called CanSino Biologics developed by Janssen Labs, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The vaccine trials will be held in Mexico City, the Pacific Coast states of Michoacán, Guerrero and Oaxaca, and the northern border states Coahuila and Nuevo León, accross from
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Steel King Tanked, Again Spanish police on Saturday, Nov. 8, arrested Mexican citizen Alonso Ancira Elizondo in the island resort of Palma de Mallorca. Ancira, head of the steel foundry Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), now faces extradition to Mexico. He was free on bond but the court, known as the National Audience of Spain, rejected
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Curfew in Chihuahua An alarming surge of covid-19 contagion in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua forced authorities to impose a mobility stoppage on all activities. The curfew applies Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., and will be enforced for the weekend starting on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. through Monday, Nov. 9,
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By KYLIE MADRY Do the Cabinet Shuffle While the resignation of Mexico’s Security and Public Protection Secretary Alfonso Durazo made headlines several weeks ago, more cabinet changes are coming, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To replace Durazo, AMLO proposed Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who had been appointed to oversee Mexico’s sea ports and merchant shipping in July, during his
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By KYLIE MADRY Foreign Meds to Flood In Mexico’s medicine shortage will come to an end, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced at his morning press conference Thursday, Oct. 29. The country signed a deal with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for 32 billion pesos to buy medicine from outside of Mexico, which, until a few
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By KYLIE MADRY Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has long been disliked by members of the opposition parties, who formed the country’s ruling class until AMLO and his National Regeneration Movement (Morena) took power. That distaste is turning into open revolt, as the president faces threats from the rightwing National Anti-AMLO Front (Frena), the newly formed Sí por
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By KYLIE MADRY Domestic, Sexual Violence Continue to Rise Domestic and sexual violence are on the rise for the 5th straight month in Mexico, according to statistics released by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) Sunday, Oct. 25. In September, 20,087 criminal complaints were filed for domestic violence. That’s the second highest month this year, after
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