Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including US businessmen & fuel theft rings, Mexico’s most hated politicians, Plan Mexico, USMCA negotiations, blocked Tulum Hotel & an Old Mexican Bolshevik.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference.
One of the signature projects of the AMLO administration, the airport will be served by the new Suburban Train, bringing passengers from Mexico City to the airport in less than 45 minutes.
Mexico’s ultra right PAN & Ricardo Salinas Pliego may be separated for now, but there’s nothing to prevent them from formally joining forces in the 2030 election.
President Sheinbaum’s press conference, with comments on rain and flood recovery, US companies investigated for fuel theft, rejecting US extraterritorial attacks, homicide reduction, Scotiabank public-private partnerships, Rio Sonora clean-up and an FCE project.
Overpriced and rife with obnoxious, depthless “expats” and privatized beaches, the tourism crisis that hit Tulum has sparked an outbreak of schadenfreude, but beyond the deserved scorn, can Tulum tourism be reformed?
Mexico and other countries face powerful resistance to approve necessary reforms such as the reduction of the work week, which must be made a reality.
2.5 million books with 25 titles aimed at people between 15 & 30 will be given away to promote Latin American literature, explained the director of Mexico’s state publishing house.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on rainfall emergency response, aid delivery, passenger trains, taxation and the fight against invoice mills.
Members of the CNC attended the Listening to the Voices of the Field forum at Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to address their concerns about the budget directly to legislators