Muñoz Ledo Keeps Post as Head of Deputies
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The octogenarian uprooted an agreement voted into practice in 2007 stating that each party had the right to lead the legislative house for one year…
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AMLO Touts 4T Success in State of the Nation Address
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The Mexican president’s annual State of the Nation Address had few surprises and little new information, but was eloquently presented…
Read moreAt Long Last, Investors Respond to AMLO’s Call
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The Mexican business community is finally showing an inkling of positivity toward President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)…
Read moreGas Supply for CFE and Mexican Industry Assured
By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s an old Mexican adage that says that it is cheaper to make a poor deal than to fight a great fight. This might seem to be exactly what happened in the negotiations headed by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) Director Manuel Bartlett Díaz and seven gas pipeline companies that signed contracts for gas ducts with the
Read moreMexican Politicos Powwow over New Opposition Party
By RICARDO CASTILLO It is just now that we are witnessing the devastating political tsunami the victory of now-Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) wrought on the nation’s political system and the parties that competed in the 2018 presidential election. AMLO’s party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), swept the election with 53 percent of the vote, while his nearest
Read moreINE Presents Jumbo Budget for Deputies’ Approval
By RICARDO CASTILLO It may be money for the Mexican democratic dream, but a lot of people are wondering if it really does have to be that expensive. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested 12.5 billion pesos for its 2020 overall national operations from Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies. The figure does not include the 5.4 billion
Read moreNo Deals with Gangs, but NGO Wants Coke Legalized
By RICARDO CASTILLO Everyone in Mexico knows that drugs and violence go hand-in-hand. For the most part, the general public either hears about the latest “record” drug seizure (they get bigger all the time) or the surging number of gory gang-versus-gang executions, including beheadings, dismemberments and similar atrocities that would make the United States’ National Enquirer look like a Pollyanna
Read moreMorena Is Still a Party-in-the-Making
By RICARDO CASTILLO The frictional mood at Mexico’s majority political party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), became evident on Monday, Aug. 19, as current Senate leader Martí Batres Guadarrama lost his bid for reelection to Mónica Fernández Balboa by 33 to 29 votes. Should all go well, Fernández Balboa will be confirmed next week and begin her position as Senate
Read moreThe Purple Glitter Dust Rebellion
By RICARDO CASTILLO For two consecutive weeks, throngs of angry masked women have staged virulent protests against the Mexico City police. These often violent demonstrations have taken city authorities — and especial women’s lib advocate Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum — by surprise given the unexpected spontaneity from which the protests sprouted. There are, however, motives. It all started with two incidents
Read moreLandau Arrives in Mexico
By RICARDO CASTILLO The United States’ new ambassador-designate to Mexico, Christopher Landau, arrived in Mexico City on Friday, Aug. 16, with a warm handshake extended for all Mexicans up front. Landau will indeed need all the hands he can find for shaking because, as the old Mexican adage goes, the oven is too cold to bake bread. (No está
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