Accustomed to an almost eternal electoral campaign since Andrés Manuel López Obrador assumed the Presidency of the country, Mexicans will return to the polls in 2022 to vote in an unprecedented citizen consultation in which they will decide whether the president should resign or remain in office. The exercise, dubbed the mandate revocation consultation and […]
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López Obrador attacks Vargas Llosa and says he is “pleased to see his decline”
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated that he is “pleased to see the decline” of the Peruvian Nobel Prize in Literature Mario Vargas Llosa for his support for the Latin American right. “It gave me pleasure to listen, to observe, to verify the decline of Vargas Llosa because they invite him, the world […]
Mexican activist seeks to halt US $ 8.9 billion AMLO refinery
A Mexican opposition activist filed a lawsuit to stop the construction of an $ 8.9 billion oil refinery by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, claiming it is being built on land reserved for environmental protection. The petition for amparo, filed in August, claims that state giant Petróleos Mexicanos is illegally building the Dos Bocas refinery […]
Aid from AMLO to Pemex for US $ 20,000 million would not be enough
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has done everything possible this year to assure investors that the aging state oil company will not only survive, but also prosper. This week, it announced a US $ 3.5 billion capital injection into Petróleos Mexicanos and plans to create a new five-year business plan and a series of […]
Mexico: López Obrador denies that his secretary committed a crime with irregular money
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, affirmed that the leaked images of his private secretary, Alejandro Esquer, depositing money in a bank correspond to a donation for earthquake victims and assured that the authorities decided that it was not a crime. “The court at the time ruled that there was no crime, but […]
AMLO puts at risk US $ 22,000 million in energy contracts
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The electricity reform proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could present difficulties for the more than US $ 22,000 million in solar, wind and other renewable energy facilities owned by major foreign companies such as Iberdrola SA and Sempra Energy. The bill proposed to lawmakers last month would cancel some electricity generation permits […]