By KELIN DILLON For the first time in the history of Mexico, almost half of the federal government’s secretariats will now be headed by women. The new cabinet of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) will consist of nine women and 10 men, the closest gender differential ever seen in a Mexican president’s cabinet. The appointments break traditional gendered
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By RICARDO CASTILLO One thing that sets Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) apart from his predecessors is the high number of women in his cabinet. Out of the bunch, three are being singled out by columnists who are flying out trial balloons depicting them under a group name, las halconas, or female hawks or falcons. Truth be told,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Frustrated Entrepreneurs Business and politics have intentionally been kept centralized in Mexico City for decades in Mexico. But that arrangement seems to be falling apart as a result of the divide between commerce and industrial chambers leaders, specifically, Carlos Salazar Lomelín of the Business Coordination Council (CCE), Francisco Cervantes of the Industrial Chambers Confederation (Concamin) and Antonio
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By RICARDO CASTILLO On Sunday, June 2, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) flagged the initiation of the construction of a new oil refinery at the Tabasco double-cove port known as Dos Bocas. Unlike in the case of his initial move to bring an end to the massive fuel theft that was going on at the state-owned company Petróleos
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a heyday for all the neoliberal journalists who not only question but will try to tear to pieces any project the still-new administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) comes up with. As informed by Pulse News Mexico last on Friday, May 10, Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle García decided to declare the construction
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It came as no surprise to on Thursday, May 9, when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) declared the bidding for the construction of the new Dos Bocas refinery on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline in the state of Tabasco a deserted tender. Instead, AMLO said in his daily press conference at the National Palace, that
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of an ongoing bilateral effort to promote greater two-way trade and investment, the India-Mexico Business Chamber (IMBC) was launched on Thursday, May 2. The event, which was attended by Mexican Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez Colin and Energy Secretary Rocío Nahle García, as well as Indian Ambassador to Mexico Muktesh K. Pardeshi, was officially inaugurated by
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