By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico at Odds with Bolivia Diplomatic relations between Bolivia and Mexico are heading toward higher tensions as La Paz demands that Mexico deliver four out of nine people who have sought and been granted asylum in the Mexican Embassy in Bolivia. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announces in early morning of Thursday, Dec. 26, that he would
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) first proposed the ambitious construction of a tourist train that would cross through the southern states of Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Campeche and Tabasco, he said that 90 percent of the financing for the ambition project would come from private sector sources. The remainder of the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … Singapore’s prime minister met with AMLO to discuss his nation’s potential involvement in the Tehuantepec Isthmus project…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … A quick review of the most important news items in Mexico over the last few days…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexicans are divided between two opinions: One, those who have faith in the “profound economic model transformation” slowly but surely being promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), and two, those AMLO calls “conservative hypocrites,” who are presently even denouncing the Mexican democratic system as nothing less than a scourge for having elected this populist dude
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Over the course of the last few weeks, I’ve heard from many of my Mexican friends about the surging violence south of the U.S. border. It is no longer a case of cartel versus cartel. Instead, the murders have spilled into urban areas, and the Mexican people are scared. I saw this post from Mamela Fiallo Flor in
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no denying that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, as he likes to be called) is charismatic, and he definitely puts on a great show. In fact, his daily song and dance act at the National Palace has become a standing-room-only extravaganza with “sold-out” crowds of politically developmentally challenged proselytes who see him as
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Newly instated Mexican Banking Association (ABM) president Luis Niño de Rivera announced on Friday, March 22, that banks in Mexico will no longer charge commissions on digital accounts. Speaking before Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during the 82nd National Banking Conference in Acapulco, Guerrero, Niño de Rivera said that, in keeping with
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