Xóchitl Gálvez Proposes Expanded Federal Public Health Budget
Gálvez’s proposal would designate 510.29 billion pesos toward health initiatives, social programs, public education and security in Mexico
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Social Deprivations Rise, Poverty Falls in Mexico
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy’s 2022 Poverty Measurement Estimates revealed key issues affecting Mexico’s low income communities
Read moreNYT: AMLO Only Making Poverty in Mexico Worse
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In a scathing report on the state of poverty in Mexico, the New York Times (NYT) on Monday, July 18, pointed out that while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly claimed that fighting poverty is his most important priority, nearly every policy he has enacted has only served to hurt the poor. Nearly four years
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AMLO’s Doles out Social Assistance
Read moreNine out of 10 Morena Pollsters Benefit from Social Programs
By KELIN DILLON New reports have revealed that Mexico’s in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) has been spurred on by nine out of 10 of its polling representatives apparently accessing benefits from at least one of the nation’s social programs, a figure high above the average number of welfare beneficiaries across the country. According to data obtained by Mexican daily newspaper
Read moreMexican Government Presents 2022 Budget Proposal
By KELIN DILLON On the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 8, Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Rogelio Ramírez de la O presented Mexico’s 2022 budget plan to the Chamber of Deputies under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), featuring no increase in taxes, increased spending in the health sector, and historical levels of public investment.
Read moreAMLO Set to Present State of the Nation Address
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) gave his first State of the Nation Address on Sept. 1, 2019, he gave it to a packed crowd of more than 500 invited guests in the patio of the National Palace. This year, the turnout will be much smaller, with just 50 people attending in accordance with the
Read moreFrena: A National Movement to Dethrone AMLO
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When Gilberto de Jesús Lozano González, the founder and leader of Mexico’s Frente Nacional Anti-AMLO (National Anti-AMLO Front, or Frena) presented a formal demand before the Chamber of Deputies judicial committee on Wednesday, Aug. 5, calling for the immediate and irrevocable destitution from office of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), he had no illusions that it
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The Mexican Government’s Social Programs
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