By RICARDO CASTILLO The key topic of talk in Mexi9co’s political circles last week was definitely the arrest of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex Director Emilio Lozoya Austin in Málaga, Spain. Lozoya was temporarily jailed to await extradition to Mexico. The Fiscal General of the Republic has issued four different arrest warrants for Lozoya, charging him with a battery of crimes,
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Do you remember Jose Antonio Meade Kuribreña? In case you don’t, let me tell you that he was the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate handpicked by former President Enrique Peña Nieto to run during the 2018 electoral campaign. Meade finished third in that race. Since then, Meade has seldom been heard from or about. But on
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Now and then, you have a woman in Mexican politics hit the headlines. But what was most unusual on Monday. Aug. 12, and early Tuesday, Aug. 13, was to have three ladies in politics in less than 24 hours grab media coverage. Whoever had doubts that women are advancing in strides in politically impossible macho-land had better
Read more
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no denying that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, as he likes to be called) is charismatic, and he definitely puts on a great show. In fact, his daily song and dance act at the National Palace has become a standing-room-only extravaganza with “sold-out” crowds of politically developmentally challenged proselytes who see him as
Read more
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Tuesday, March 12, that his government will be closing 5,000 government operated soup kitchens nationwide this year. The community kitchens were operated by the now-defunct Secretariat of Social Development (Sedesol), which has been replaced by AMLO’s Secretariat of Wellbeing. They fed an average of 500,000
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO In the world of Mexican politics, women can be dangerous. If you don’t believe me, just ask Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s about what is now being called his poisonous dart, specifically, his current Secretary of Agriculture Affairs (Sedatu) Rosario Robles. Rosario – please don’t be confused by the “o” at the end of her name (which in
Read more