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Mexico’s first independent governor takes a fall

“It took us four years and four months, but we finally did it,” tweeted Samuel García, the Movimiento Cuidadano governor of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, celebrating the arrest of his predecessor,  Jaime Helidoro Rodríguez, “El Bronco,” on Tuesday, March 15.


Covid risk: Green for go!

For the first time since the start of the Covid pandemic in February 2020, all 32 of Mexico’s states are in the green (low risk) category in the federal government’s epidemiological traffic-light monitoring system. 

Is Mexico City’s second airport ready for prime time?

On Monday, March 21, as the nation takes the day off to mark the birthday of Benito Juarez, universally considered Mexico’s most influential president, current incumbent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and a slew of dignitaries will head over to Mexico City’s new $US4 billion airport, Felipe Ángeles International (AIFA), for its official inauguration.

When is AMLO’s recall vote?

The ruling Morena Party has run afoul of the country’s electoral laws in the lead up to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s referendum on his own presidency, scheduled for Sunday, April 10.