Mexican 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
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CompraNet 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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Read moreMexican Supreme Court Overturns AMLO’s Decree on Transparency
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Supreme Court late Wednesday, Dec. 14, overturned part of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) presidential degree making all his administration’s megaprojects immune to public scrutiny. In response to a legal challenge filed by Mexico’s National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal, a Supreme Court judge ordered the partial suspension
Read moreHRW Head Warns US Not to Ignore AMLO’s Human Rights Abuse
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an op-ed piece published in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, Dec. 4, the Americas director of the New York-based nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, warned the United States to not be complacent about the mounting violations of basic human rights being compiled by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Read moreMorena’s Not-So-Different Propensity for Corruption
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Who says that corruption and nepotistic malfeasance are not well and alive and flourishing in Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party? Certainly not anyone with an inkling of honest impartiality and nonpartisan fairness. Just this Wednesday, Nov. 24, the daily newspaper Reforma pointed out that the government of Mexico
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