By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s government has announced its intention to revoke permits from Ienova-TC Energy for the operation of the South Texas-Tuxpan gas pipeline, one of the most important pipelines in the nation, that stretches across 689 kilometers of the country’s federal maritime zone. “It is not feasible to continue granting said authorization, until (Ienova) proves due compliance with the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS INE Tells AMLO to Respect Democratic Process Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his bosom buddy Félix Salgado Macedonio just don’t know how to take “no” for an answer. After Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) banned Salgado Macedonio from running for governor of the Pacific state of Guerrero as AMLO’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena)
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XINHUA As more and more undocumented migrants pour across the U.S. southern border, the political faceoff in Washington between Republicans and Democrats continues to intensify. In February, over 100,000 migrants entered the United States from the Mexican border, an increase of 28 percent compared to January, according to U.S. government figures. Republicans are seizing the chance to pounce on U.S.
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XINHUA Texas Governor Greg Abbott over the weekend urged the U.S. federal government to take action to end the humanitarian crisis at the southern border. During a press conference in Weslaco near the U.S.-Mexico border, the governor called on U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to take “immediate action” to end the humanitarian crisis. “Operation Lone Star
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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XINHUA The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement Tuesday, March 16, that the number of immigrants attempting to enter the United States through its southern border is expected to reach the highest level in two decades. The statement came amid a recent surge in unaccompanied migrant children making the trip with the aim of reuniting with
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By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
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By RICARDO CASTILLO While here in Mexico, President Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, March 3, was celebrating the 58 to 48 passage (with 22 abstentions) of his electricity reform bill the night before by the Senate, back in Texas the state government was busy issuing walking papers to nonprofit Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) CEO Bill Magness, considered
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Texas Gas Shortage The Arctic vortex that hit Texas and the north of Mexico on Monday, Feb. 15, did not catch the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) unprepared, said the commission’s director, Manuel Bartlett Díaz. The cold spell was expected, and the subsequent gas shortage it produced was also to be expected, he said, but not just for
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