By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no debating the fact that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) knows which side of his bread is buttered on (and which side to keep on buttering). As his popularity continues to wane due to his disastrous mismanagement of the covid-19 pandemic, his head-strong insistence on pouring seemingly endless funds into a moribund state-run energy
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Work at Mexico’s controversial new Santa Lucia airport field is coming along right on track, according to government sources. Of course, the field in question is not Santa Lucía’s airfield, but its baseball field. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who has made no secret of his personal penchant for the sport (even though the majority
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By KELIN DILLON The construction of Mexico’s new Santa Lucia airport has already registered 54 accidents, including workers being run over by cars, crushed between pipes, and drilling holes in their hands, adding to the country’s bevy of flight-related problems. Mexico has already seen quite a bit of controversy over the redesign of Mexico City’s airspace to accommodate the Santa
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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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XINHUA At least six soldiers were killed when a Mexican Air Force plane crashed on Sunday, Feb. 21, in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Veracruz, the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) reported. Sedena said in a brief statement that a LearJet 45 with the registration number 3912 crashed after taking off Sunday morning from El Lencero Airport. “The Secretariat’s Air Accidents
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By KELIN DILLON The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense’s (Sedena) Military Equipment Payment and Administration Trust (Fidape) has reportedly increased its budget by 967 percent since the beginning of current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) administration in December 2018, according to figures released by the daily newspaper Reforma. When the previous presidency ended, Fidape’s trust sat at just
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) inaugrated new military barracks for the National Guard (GN) in Moctezuma, Sonora, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, further cementing his hold over Mexico’s military operations. It also cements his ever-growing military control over the country. López Obrador christened the newly constructed barracks accompanied by Sonora Governor Claudia Artemiza Pavlovich Arellano, who
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Cienfuegos, Talk of the Town The release last week of former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos from an imminent trial in the United States by U.S. Attorney General William Barr continues to be the talk of the day in Mexico. The fact is is that nobody has the hard facts needed to have a sound opinion on
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Army Grooves to Music and Dance The Mexican Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) took a two-day-long recess to commemorate the 107th anniversary of its foundation on Feb. 19, 1913. The celebration began on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 18, with the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) Symphony and Choir delivered a spectacular concert, mostly for officers,
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