Mexico in Spain, an Unexpected Reverse Assimilation
There are still strong cultural links between Spain and Mexico, but it’s not all a one-way street
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AMLO Blames Private Businesses for Price Increases
By MARK LORENZANA President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, Sept. 7, accused businessmen in Mexico of increasing their profits especially in times of crisis, claiming that the Mexican Treasury will now ask them for an explanation. In his Wednesday morning press conference, López Obrador said that private businesses should instead help control price increases. He specifically mentioned the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Vaccination Rush There are reports of complaints from all over Mexico that throngs of “influential” persons want to use their jobs in government to be the first in line to get access to the much-desired anti-covid vaccines. In Nogales, Sonora, on the border with Arizona, the Social Security for Government Employees (ISSSTE) officials pointed a finger at
Read moreThe Cruising of the Anxious
By RICARDO CASTILLO Like in all news stories, if one does take them at face value, they can have several meanings. For instance, the mass demonstration on Saturday, May 30, to “repudiate the leadership” of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) can be interpreted from several points of view. First, the number and size of the marches, which in
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Banxico Foresees -8.8 Growth for 2020 The Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) presented three separate scenarios for the country’s 2020 economic growth, marking a drastic difference between the “benevolent” and the “drastic” potential outcomes. Banxico’s benevolent forecast said that the Mexican gross domestic product (GDP) would slump by “only” -4.2 percent, while the drastic one put the
Read moreThe Electrifying War between Concamin and the CFE
By RICARDO CASTILLO Just how far and to where the fight between the Mexican government and clean energy producers will go is an open question. What is a fact now is that private-sector solar and wind electricity producers have filed suits and are going to court. And, meanwhile, Mexican industrial and business organizations are using the issuance of an attempt
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