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Both President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro issued the first gritos of their respective administrations last Sunday evening, but the nature of their rallying cries couldn’t have been more different.

Twenty years following the creation of Wi-Fi, it appears Mexico is ready to implement the latest version, Wi-Fi 6. Reports say that the Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei will lead efforts, after the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, the leading professional association in the field) approved its protocol.

New 200-peso bills now in circulation feature Mexican independence heroes Miguel Hidalgo and Jose Maria Morelos.

Christopher Landau, Donald Trump’s choice as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, presented his credentials to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on August 26, 487 days after career diplomat Roberta Jacobsen resigned her post.

Although only two months have elapsed since the federal government launched its new security force, the Guardia Nacional  (National Guard or GN), rumblings of discontent over its performance and ability to stem the nation’s crime wave are already surfacing.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has budgeted an additional 40 billion pesos for the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS).

Delivering his first annual “informe” (state-of-the-nation report), President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador insisted that the “Fourth Transformation” of Mexico is proceeding as planned, while admitting more work is needed to grow the economy and reduce insecurity and violence.

Relations between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and billionaire telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim slumped to a new low in January after the leftist chief executive canceled the Mexico City airport project in which the 10th richest man in the world was a key investor.