The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Labor unions and civic organizations protested Mexico’s energy reforms on the 77th anniversary of the nationalization of Mexico’s oil industry, Wednesday, March 18.
The award-winning host of Mexico’s most popular national news station has been fired in a case many suspect to be a move against freedom of expression.
According to the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) website, over the last year electricity costs for industrial users have fallen by 25.7 percent, while the decrease for domestic customers on the higher consumption DAC rate was down 7.5 percent.
According to some news sources, Mexican officials asked the makers of new James Bond film “Spectre” to make some major script changes in exchange for giving US$14 million in tax cuts to Sony Pictures and MGM Studios. Leaked Sony e-mails suggest the original script included an attempt to murder the Mexico City mayor, but the Mexican government asked for this to be changed. In addition, they wanted a “known Mexican actress” to play one of the Bond girls, while forbidding the writers from including a Mexican villain.
With the capture of one of Mexico’s most-wanted drug lords, Servando “La Tuta” Gomez, the government has created a power vacuum that could be filled by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
The peso hit historic lows on two consecutive days this week, closing Tuesday at 15.62 to the U.S. dollar.
Major anti-corruption legislation is taking shape in the federal Chamber of Deputies although many skeptics wonder if the new laws will be workable in a country where graft and deceit is so entrenched in public life.
Mexico has jumped five places in the “World Tourism Rankings” to reclaim its place in the top ten. The World Tourism Organization, which compiles the annual list of the most popular destinations, has confirmed that Mexico closed the year with almost 30 million visitors. This places Mexico above its closest competitors Thailand, Hong Kong and Austria.
A dull Oscar ceremony was livened up by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñarritu’s politically charged acceptance speech and the reactions of Sean Penn and Donald Trump, who sparked controversy with comments that some suggested were racist.
