CSP, SRE Responds to Salazar’s Criticisms
For her part, Sheinbaum characterized Salazar’s words as having a “disparity” from his previous commentary
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INE and Mexican Government Clash Over Absentee Ballots
The INE approved 180,686 foreign voter applications in total – or 82 percent of the overall application pool.
Read moreAMLO Defends Panama Envoy Appointment amid Allegations
By KELIN DILLON After controversy arose following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) appointment of former National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) professor Pedro Salmerón Sanginés, who has been accused of sexual harassment, as the Mexican ambassador to Panama on Jan. 17, López Obrador has since doubled down on his choice, saying he would wait for “evidence to be
Read moreAMLO Requests More Vaccines from US VP Harris
By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 9, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had a phone call with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by Mexican Secretary of the Foreign Relations Marcelo Ebrard, to ensure a further supply of vaccinations against covid-19 from the United States to Mexico. “We are going to talk on Monday to give continuity to
Read moreSinaloa Druglord ‘El Güero’ Palma Ordered Released from Prison
By KELIN DILLON On Saturday, May 1, purported founding member of Mexico’s Sinaloa Drug Cartel Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, better known as “El Güero,” was acquitted of all charges relating to drug trafficking by Jalisco’s Second District Court of Federal Criminal Proceedings, and ordered immediately released. Known for being a close confidant of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
Read moreAMLO Remains Prudent as Trump Threatens Border Closure
By RICARDO CASTILLO Echoes of the mysterious meeting Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had with Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last March 19 are now thundering across the political landscape. The following day, as reported by Pulse News Mexico, AMLO said, “Basically, we dealt with the issue of (joint) development cooperation, and about the possible signing of a
Read moreThree Journalists Take on AMLO for “Supporting” Maduro
By RICARDO CASTILLO How well are relations between Mexico and the United States doing? Or to be blunt about it, how are relations between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)? According to a clique of prophets of doom that gather every Wednesday night in a Mexican commentary program called “Tercer Grado” (“Third Degree”) on
Read moreAMLO’s Stance on Venezuela: Yes to Mediation, No to Intervention
By RICARDO CASTILLO As the internal conflict inside Venezuela grows on a daily basis, the numbers of voices in Mexico pleading with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to declare himself in support of the cause of the now-enormous number of nations (and columnists in Mexico) favoring self-appointed “substitute President” Juan Guaidó over ruling President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, Feb.
Read moreHonduran Exodus Makes Nations Tremble
By RICARDO CASTILLO U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, Oct. 19. Pompeo is in a political tour visiting Panama and Mexico. apparently to discuss the volatile political and security situations both in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Yet surely Venezuela and Nicaragua can be ranked as priorities number two and three when confronted
Read moreVidegaray, in the Eye of the Hurricane
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray seems to be a master chef for all the dishes in the nation’s formidable international menu. But being a jack-of-all-trades has its shortcomings, and, indeed, Videgaray is now in hot water many reasons. FIRST: Last Monday, May 21, Videgaray convened with the so-called Lima Group’s (GL, for Grupo de Lima) representatives, comprised by
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