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Mexican Aviation Union Denounces Government Aeronautics Agency

By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Union of Air Traffic Controllers (Sinacta) publicly denounced its perceived persecution by the nation’s government-run Air Navigation Services in Mexican Air Space (Seneam), following Sinacta’s reports of two planes nearly colliding after the allegedly negligent redesign of Mexico City’s airspace. Sinacta also reported another incident where two planes came close to collision in Guadalajara’s eastern

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Historic Number of Women in AMLO’s Cabinet

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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Mexican Social Security Institute Director’s Resignations Stirs up Political Hornet’s Nest

By RICARDO CASTILLO In what constituted the first internal rupture of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) administration, Senator Germán Martínez Cázares, director of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), turned in his resignation on Tuesday, May 21, after denouncing “pernicious interference” from Treasury Secretariat (Hacienda) officials, apparently acting on orders from Treasury Secretary Carlos Urzúa. Martínez Cázares read

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AMLO 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

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AMLO to Hold Public Referendum on Morelos Thermoelectric Plant

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Friday, Feb. 7, that his government will hold an open referendum on whether to allow the operation of a state-owned thermoelectric power plant in Yecapixtla, Morelos. The referendum will be held in all municipalities throughout the central Mexican state of Morelos, as well as in the neighboring states

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