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AMLO Decrees Megaprojects ‘Matters of National Security’
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what has been deemed by critics as a serious blow to Mexican democracy and political transparency, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) issued a presidential decree late Monday, Nov, 22, declaring all his administration’s mega infrastructure projects as “matters of public interest and national security.” The decree, which was immediately met with opposition
Read moreMexico Sans Financial Transparency on Global Scale
By KELIN DILLON According to the latest iteration of the Financial Secrecy Index, ranking the fiscal transparency of different global corporations and companies, Mexico sits at 80th out of the 133 countries on the list, placing the country firmly as one of the least financially transparent nations in the world. Mexico earned a 52.7 out of 100 points on the
Read moreNational Guard Handed Billions of Pesos with No Accountability
By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s National Guard (GN), created by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has received a higher and higher budget every year since its inception — 922 million pesos in 2019, 4.82 billion pesos that was grew to 21.73 billion pesos in 2020, and 35.67 billion pesos in 2021 — many have raised concerned about the
Read moreFGR Demands 1.7 Million Pesos to Open Odebrecht Files
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) has requested a massive sum of 1.7 million pesos to release documents relating to the infamous Odebrecht corruption case to the media, a file that has been kept by the FGR since 2017. The National Transparency Institute (INAI) ordered the file’s release as per Mexico’s transparency law in a digital format; the
Read moreAMLO Fires Head of Corruption Watchdog Secretariat
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues to dole out high-ranking (and high-paying) government jobs to luggage porters and entourage traffic managers with little or no academic or professional qualifications (other than their undying loyalty to him), on Monday, June 22, he ousted one of his “most-uncompromising” (his words) proselytes from her office as head
Read moreAMLO’s Office Denies Huge Number of Information Requests
By KELIN DILLON According to figures from Mexico’s National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) presidential office is among the top 10 least transparent agencies in the government, based on it having one of the lowest response rates to public requests for information. The Office of the
Read moreAMLO Promises Transparency in INAI Reform
By KELIN DILLON During his press conference on the morning of Friday, Jan. 8, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised the public that government officials and media reporters would have quick access to all requested documents after the proposed absorption of the National Institute for Transparency Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI) into the Mexican government.
Read moreBank of Mexico Lowers Forecast for Annual Growth
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) lowered it predicted 2019 GDP growth rate for Mexico on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from between respectable 1.7 and 2.7 percent to an unexceptional 1.1 to 1.2 percent on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Citing a variety of causes from a global economic slowdown to internal factors such as fuel shortages (due to a nationwide
Read moreFinnish Envoy Outstretches Hand to New Mexican Administration
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s renowned for its transparent finances and solid economic growth (an expected 2.9 percent for 2018, and a predicted 2.2 percent for 2019), recognized universally for it superb public education and gender equality (in 1906, it was the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections),
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