In 2015, the US hailed Mexico for setting an example on climate change. The president’s championing of fossil fuels has changed all that.
Opinion
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The AMLOve affair is over: why I’ve changed my mind about the president
President López Obrador generated lots of good faith at the beginning of his presidency, but these days it’s gotten so hard to defend him.
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With the housebound blues, you take the cure wherever you can get it
Cockroach races? Mice safaris? When the virus has kept you locked down in your house for months, boredom starts forcing you to get creative.
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‘Stay at Home’ only works when it’s part of a more comprehensive plan
With mixed signals and little government support, requesting businesses and workers to adhere to months of Covid restrictions is a big ask.
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In Mexico’s deep south, some chinks of light can be seen in the months ahead
The outlook for the coming year will depend a great deal on the success of Covid vaccination.
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AMLO’s railway dreams: a shrewd calculation or another train wreck?
Like millions all over the globe, Mexicans have a love affair with trains and President López Obrador is no exception.
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The secret to finding our way out of a pandemic isn’t wishful thinking
The movie “The Secret” promotes positivism as a method to obtain your desires. Mexico’s way of dealing with Covid-19 at times seems similar.
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El Golfo de Santa Clara and the seaside gold rush
The upper Gulf of California is haunted by poverty and the despair born of decades of government neglect and mismanagement.
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A remote worker visa could provide Mexico with an economic shot in the arm
Many countries have adopted remote worker visas as a way to fill empty rentals, restaurants and stores, and stimulate the economy.
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Mexico’s social housing projects need input from those who will live in them
With 650,000 abandoned social housing units in Mexico, it seems clear that planners never asked recipients for input on design and location.
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The world’s largest economy is not going to be China
By 2050, and maybe by 2021, it will be Mexico joining Canada and the US as the biggest and more importantly the best by almost any measure.
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After a year of tragedy, peace and hope lies in looking forward
The winter solstice was a potent metaphor in 2020 — the longest and darkest night in an extra sad and scary year — but the light follows.
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Feminist protests reveal deeply embedded structural issues in society and culture
The Mexican state has no solutions to gender-based violence and very little inclination to look for them.
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Is the coronavirus stoplight about people’s health or about the economy?
Mexico’s Covid-19 stoplight system supposedly tells you the risk level where you live. But is it about people’s health or about the economy?
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Mexico lost two years on environment but AMLO gets benefit of doubt
AMLO’s election raised environmental expectations but today the government’s relationship with environmentalists has reached an all-time low.
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Travel in the Covid era requires a whole new level of patience
While airline travel itself is fairly safe, the hassles of scheduling glitches present new concerns when groups of passengers are involved.
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Does AMLO’s proposed outsourcing ban actually help?
In Mexico, there are more contract workers than ever before. Will AMLO’s proposed ban actually help workers with low pay and job instability?
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Soaring peso inconvenient to some but a quadruple whammy for economy
A four-peso difference in the exchange rate puts billions of kilos’ worth of fewer tortillas on the tables of Mexico’s hungriest.
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Mexicans have fond and vivid memories of Diego Maradona
The Argentinian soccer player was the big attraction at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico City.
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Release of ex-defense minister a sign that AMLO wishes to coddle the army
The López Obrador government has gone to unprecedented lengths to appease the military by protecting its top brass.
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Expats give Mexico low ratings on environmental sustainability
A new survey of expats by the organization Internations ranked Mexico’s environment high but its sustainability and green awareness low.
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We can do much better by women than this, can’t we?
Even when the state leads in strides toward gender equality, culture doesn’t necessarily follow, writes Sarah DeVries in her latest column.
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Report condemns business practices in Mexico during Covid pandemic
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre found corporate negligence was ignoring workers’ rights and putting their lives at risk.
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This Thanksgiving, shaming those who gather isn’t likely to win converts
Covid-safe behavior is paramount, but as Thanksgiving approaches, it’s also important to recognize people’s emotional need for connection.
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Give the guys a break: a case for even more women on Mexico’s currency
By the end of 2020, Mexico’s currency will have two bills in circulation featuring women. Writer Sarah DeVries makes a case for adding more.
