By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what constituted his first trimestral State of the Nation Address on the night of Tuesday, March 30, Mexican President Andrés Manuel (AMLO) painted a rosy economic and social portrait of the country, promising a “new utopia” despite an 8.5 percent economic contraction in 2020 and more than 300,000 deaths so far from covid-19.
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Public Response to AMLO’s State of the Nation Address
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Critics of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) wasted no time after his 45-minute Informe de Gobierno (State of the Nation Address) on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to attack his annual report as “false,” “misleading” and “delusional.” In the address — the second in the president’s six-year term — AMLO congratulated himself and his leftwing administration for
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AMLO’s Second State of the Nation Address
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite a still-broadening covid-19 pandemic and a spiraling financial crisis, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) used his second annual State of the Nation Address (Informe de Gobierno) on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as a bully pulpit to lavish praise on himself and his administration. “Mexico has the best government during its worst moment,”
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Weighing AMLO’s State of the Nation Address
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena), which has been struggling to hold internal elections since November 2019, voted on Sunday, Aug. 30, for its acting interim leader Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar to serve as Senate majority leader. Ramírez Aguilar will formally take the position on Tuesday, Sept. 1, when the Mexican Congress reconvenes for its
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The Mexican president’s annual State of the Nation Address had few surprises and little new information, but was eloquently presented…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s an old Mexican adage that says that it is cheaper to make a poor deal than to fight a great fight. This might seem to be exactly what happened in the negotiations headed by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) Director Manuel Bartlett Díaz and seven gas pipeline companies that signed contracts for gas ducts with the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO One day yes and the next day no. Again we’re getting bombarded with news of judges ordering the cancellation of the still-to-be-built Santa Lucía Airport located just northwest of the Teotihuacán pyramida, to the north of Mexico City. As of last week, 80 suits had been filed on environmental grounds stating that the damage the airport would
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