With drought at the Panama Canal and conflicts in the Red Sea and other global shipping lanes disrupting trade, officials in Mexico predict a golden opportunity for the country’s $2.8 billion Isthmus of Tehuantepec’s Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) project. The initiative is converting the isthmus in southern Mexico, which represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico […]
Taxco, Guerrero once the “Silver Capital”, now shuttered by gang killings and threats
The bullet-ridden bodies of two detectives were found on the outskirts of Taxco, a colonial town in central Mexico that draws throngs of tourists to its silver workshops, authorities said on Wednesday, January 24. Prosecutors in the violence-plagued state of Guerrero said the two detectives worked for the state prosecutor’s office and had been reported […]
Canadian Pacific Kansas proposes a Mexico-Querétaro train
Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported that this week he will analyze the proposal to launch the Mexico-Querétaro passenger train project and that a railway company will present it to him. In addition, the president stated that the passenger train concession would be ready before the end of his six-year term and this would allow the […]
“The Servants of the Nation” 20,000 recruits paid by Morena to “spread the word”
There is a group of 20 thousand people paid by the Morena political party called “The Servants of the Nation”, their mission is to preach the name of Lopez Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum throughout all the poorest rural communities in Mexico, indoctrinate and as has been documented, buy the vote. The army of federal government operators, […]
US appeals court revives $10bn lawsuit by Mexico against American gunmakers
The case had been dismissed by a lower-court judge who said that a US law prevented Mexico from suing Smith & Wesson Brands, Sturm, Ruger & Co and others. The law, the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), gives the firearms industry wide immunity from lawsuits over the misuse of their products. […]
International Education Day: Figures and challenges for Mexico
Education is a fundamental human right that should be guaranteed to all people regardless of their social, economic, or cultural background. However, in Mexico, education faces great challenges related to other structural problems of social inequality. The poorest population, rural and indigenous communities, and children in hostile contexts are the ones who face the most […]
Searching Mothers are ignored by AMLO in Zacatecas: they demand to be heard
2023 was the year with the most missing and unlocated people in the history of Zacatecas. Members of groups searching for missing persons from the state of Zacatecas blocked the way of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whom they asked for support in finding their relatives. Upon leaving the event he led […]
Security and migration, the issues that US congressmen addressed on meeting with AMLO
On the afternoon of this Tuesday, January 23, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) met with legislators from the United States at the National Palace to discuss different topics of interest; Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena and the Americans Michael Mccaul, Randy Weber and Henry Cuellar also met there. After a two-hour meeting, […]
Days of terror in Chicomuselo, Chiapas due to cartel violence (VIDEO)
Inhabitants of the border mountains of Chiapas live days of terror in their municipalities due to forced recruitment and clashes between drug cartels. Since January 17, news emerged of large displacements by the inhabitants of Chicomuselo, Comalapa, La Concordia, and Socoltenango fleeing organized crime. The anguish increased with the arrival of the National Army which […]
New Corruption Allegations Come at a Bad Time for AMLO
With six months to go before Mexico’s next presidential election, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s popularity is at 55 percent. His chosen successor, former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, has a big lead of over 20 points in many surveys. And his governing Morena party should easily win the concurrent legislative elections. But a series […]