Mexican Supreme Court Blocks AMLO’s Express Permits for Flagship Projects
In a six-to-five vote, Mexico’s highest court declared the presidential decree illegal and invalid
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The Fight to Keep Mexico’s Elections Clean
Read moreCDMX Government’s Contract Transparency Turns Opaque
The Mexico City government reportedly spent 57.95 billion pesos on public contracts in 2022 alone, with next to no details surrounding the year’s contracts involved made transparent to the public
Read moreMexican Presidency Stays Tight-Lipped on AMLO’s Electoral Rally Cost
According to the López Obrador administration, last November’s rally cost nothing of financial value
Read moreCompraNet Webpage Goes Down, Again
Despite a major investment by the Treasury in August to “repair access issues,” the platform has delivered only partial service over the last six months, with extensive downtime
Read moreThe Tough Job of Unlocking the USMCA’s Full Potential
OPINION By JOHN BURZAWA, SOPHIE EGAR and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides continent-wide rules, norms and problem-solving processes that can help the three-member countries to continue the trade and coproduction system established under its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). But if the USMCA is to
Read moreCompraNet Website Suspension Opens Door to More Corruption
By MARK LORENZANA Anticorruption and transparency groups, business and political organizations, journalists and concerned individuals in Mexico have all called on the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to restore the public-information system CompraNet, which has been “temporarily suspended” since Friday, July 15. CompraNet is an information system in Mexico through which citizens can openly search about
Read moreMorena-Led Senate Lacks Transparency
By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican Senate, which is currently headed by the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has not disclosed its expenses for the years 2020 and 2021. Morena has been known to preach austerity and transparency, but in the Senate — where it chairs the Board of Directors, the governing body of the
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