By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Sept. 28, it came to light that three officials from Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) were reported to the Secretariat of Public Administration (SFP) and Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for valuable contracts, favoring certain suppliers over others, and putting the overall quality of Mexican gasoline
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The democratic political life of Mexico, as in many other Latin American nations, is relatively young. In the last decade, a new chapter began in the construction of Mexican politics after the sudden arrival to the presidency of a newly created party. Breaking through and eventually displacing the parties that historically held political hegemony
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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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