According to national media, the situation in Acapulco refers to two main events: the devastating impact of Hurricane Otis, which hit the city as a Category 5 storm on October 25, 2023, and the violent attacks by armed groups, which caused chaos and panic in the city on August 4, 2023. Both events have exposed […]
Is the rumor that Claudia Sheinbaum’s son is AMLO’s grandson false?
Claudia Sheinbaum is a politician, scientist, writer, and academic who was the head of government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023. She is also the presidential candidate of the Morena party for the 2024 elections. She has been a close ally and supporter of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the current president of Mexico, […]
Experts say Nearshoring in Mexico will end the AMLO Era
Mexico was on the radar of investors this year and attention was particularly focused on the alleged effects of nearshoring, at the same time that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador heads to the final stretch of his Government and in 2024 Mexicans will return to the polls for federal elections. Between January and September 2023, […]
Washington Post sees Xóchitl Gálvez as a serious and strong candidate for the presidency in 2024
Contrary to the opinion that circulates in most of the Mexican media outlets, Xóchitl Gálvez could be the big surprise in the 2024 presidential elections. The National Palace intends that the results of the surveys have the value of absolute truth. The first to believe and replicate the results ad nauseam have been the media, gullible to the […]
AMLO to send a reform to eliminate autonomous organizations
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared that he will send a reform to eliminate autonomous organizations, such as the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) and the Federal Economic Competition Commission ( Cofece). On its website, the group Mexicans Against Corruption points out […]
Claudia Sheinbaum is 21 points ahead of Xochitl Galvez according to polls
Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party, extended her lead over rival Xochitl Galvez in two recent opinion polls for the 2024 election. In a survey by Reforma newspaper carried out in November and published on Tuesday, Sheinbaum came in 21 percentage points ahead of Galvez, compared with 17 points in the outlet’s […]
Texas’ proposal to allow state police deportation of undocumented immigrants is rejected by Mexico
On Wednesday, November 15th, the Mexican government responded to the Texas Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 4 — which creates a state crime for entering the state illegally from Mexico and allows state and local authorities to deport undocumented immigrants — saying it “categorically rejects” Texas’ latest proposal to arrest and deport immigrants to Mexico. […]
Meet Eduardo Verástegui, the Christian conservative who wants to run for President
The morning after Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion, right-wing activist and film producer Eduardo Verástegui dressed up in a black suit to register as an independent candidate for the 2024 presidential campaign. “Mourning is a reminder for me to recall why I’m doing this,” the former telenovela actor recently told supporters. Rallying all over the […]
Four out of five Mexicans turned down Cuban and Russian COVID-19 vaccines
Four out of five people in Mexico who got influenza shots so far this year turned down the government’s recommendation that they get Russian or Cuban COVID-19 boosters at the same time, officials said Tuesday. Assistant Health Secretary Ruy López Ridaura attributed the high refusal rate to people being reluctant to get two vaccines at […]
A total ban on slot machines is ordered by President Lopez Obrador
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has implemented a total ban on slot machines in casinos. These machines, legalized during the government of Felipe Calderón and supported in 2016 by a unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, are now excluded by presidential decision. The president has published the reform to the Regulations of the Federal Law on Games […]