By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s Tren Maya project continues to approach its scheduled Dec. 23, 2023, completion date, the venture – a favorite of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) – has been plagued by mass resignations from officials in the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarant) and the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur), potentially
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By KELIN DILLON On the tail end of yet another controversial weekend for Mexico’s airspace, a number of national airline carriers servicing the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) have agreed to move a total of 204 flights to the nearby (and newly constructed) Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA). As of now, the AIFA only services 13 daily operations. The initiative
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what critics have called an unabashed attempt to force airlines to use the newly inaugurated, but poorly received, Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, May 2, announced that it will restrict incoming and outgoing flights at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ah, the fickle love of an authoritarian president. When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) loves you, you can do no wrong. His buddy-buddy Félix Salgado Macedonio — who was repeatedly accused of rape, embezzlement and close ties with drug cartels, but still managed to garnish the governorship of the coastal state of Guerrero, albeit
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF One of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) pet megaprojects — the construction of multi-billion-peso Tren Maya tourist train across the Yucatan Peninsula — keeps getting costlier and costlier, while projections for its completion keep getting delayed. According to the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur), the Tren Maya will cost
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By KELIN DILLON After widespread complaints about the under-construction Tren Maya plans to pass through Campeche’s capital of the same name, it has been announced that instead the train will pass around the city’s outskirts by the Campeche airport instead. Many residents of Campeche had protested against the project before the new decision due to fears of being displaced from
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Tren Maya, spearheaded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), will reportedly begin operation in December of 2023, said National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) Director Rogelio Jiménez Pons. At his press conference on the morning of Wednesday, June 9, AMLO signed a contract with the Bombardier-Alstom consortium for the construction of 42 carriages
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By KELIN DILLON Following the announcement of Mexico’s military being bestowed full control over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) pet project Tren Maya, including all of its profits, concerns have been raised about the extent of the military’s grasp over the country. The military currently handles 27 areas that are civilian in nature. Three days after the Tren
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By KELIN DILLON All proceeds from the Tren Maya, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s longtime pet project, will be given to Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), announced general director of the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) Rogelio Jiménez Pons on Monday, March 15. The tourism official revealed to El Financiero that the complete 1,500-odd kilometers
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By RICARDO CASTILLO U.S.-Mexico Trade Despite restrictions on nonessential travel across the U.S.-Mexico border, two-way trade between the countries has continued on a relatively steady course, with a hefty favorable trade balance for Mexico. Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday, Oct. 6, indicated that U.S. exports to Mexico during August amounted to$17.047 billion, while Mexican sales to
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