Even though he’s finally Mexico’s chief executive, López Obrador still sees himself as a victim of a mean and corrupt media.
Opinion
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The human rights abuses of renewable energy companies in Mexico
The abuse of vulnerable communities and protected land is not a phenomenon exclusive to non-renewable energy giants.
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Mexico City buried its rivers to prevent disease, creating a city where Covid thrives
Mexico City’s air pollution–which contributes to high rates of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases–leaves citizens more vulnerable to the coronavirus.
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Time to break the bank to keep people alive and safe
President López Obrador is not doing the right thing by insisting on austerity. This is the time to break the bank in order to keep people alive and safe.
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Could the coronavirus pandemic mean a turning point for tourism industry?
Through the shutdown we have not only seen how tourism affects wildlife and the environment, but we’ve observed the influence it has over communities.
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Earthquake survivor lived through two Big Ones
The only aspect of my life that is likely to garner a mention in Ripley’s Believe it or Not is my relationship with earthquakes.
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President López Obrador’s anti-corruption push is failing
The president insists that Mexico’s greatest asset is “the honesty of its people,” but studies show corruption has worsened since he took office.
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Tire clamps a welcome measure in a generally lawless landscape
Few things about city life in Mexico trigger my contempt as quickly as people leaving their cars where they know they shouldn’t.
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Mexico’s crusade for healthy eating could hurt trade
The healthy eating drive, which will begin next month, overlooks the fact that Mexico exports some US $22 billion a year in processed food to the US.
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Wealthy Mexicans find they can buy comfort but not protection
The alarm bells started ringing in March when three top businessmen went down with coronavirus after flying home from a U.S. ski resort.
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What Seybaplaya, Campeche, teaches us about community activism
Small-scale operations affecting positive action at a community level are often the ones displaying the most effective model for widespread, global change.
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Banning alcohol a futile exercise that was not well thought out
Besides, a beer or a glass of wine (or a shot of tequila or mezcal — pick your poison) can really help take the edge off.
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Mexico’s railroads have a colorful history
It’s too early to buy a ticket or get off the tracks, but that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel may indeed be an oncoming train.
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Now is the time to shine a light on police brutality in Mexico
Human rights groups regularly identify Mexico as one of the countries with the most corrupt and unmonitored police forces in the world.
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Veracruz: for journalists, a dangerous place in a dangerous country
María Fernanda de Luna’s mother, a journalist, was murdered in March. Since then she too has been the target of a murder attempt.
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Violence at protests sparked by police brutality is an expression of pain
People don’t just start destroying their own environment because it’s fun and they’re bored and it’s something to do.
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4 centuries after the plague, some remarkable similarities
In countless countries people are chafing at the misery, inconveniences and prohibitions of coping with a pandemic. But they’re nothing new.
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Program’s faults a reminder that Mexico has a talent for planting corruption
Many of the problems with Sembrando Vida seem to be practical rather than political in nature, for which there are solutions.
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Mérida continues to champion art and artists throughout the pandemic
Mérida has opted to propel its campaign of cultural programs through the crisis, giving them a chance of surviving and emerging on the other side.
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Workers in US are sending record money home despite shutdowns
Research reveals why remittances are up despite the18.6% unemployment rate in the United States and the fact that swaths of the US economy are shut down.
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AMLO’s energy policy hard on environment, jobs and investment
Why is Mexico not running with open arms toward becoming the leader in clean energy production that it was poised to become a very short time ago?
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How to be a better expat on social media during coronavirus
The last thing Mexico (or the world) needs is a privileged expat telling everyone how to go about their day.
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Clean energy initiatives thwarted by unexpected roadblock in Yucatán
New policy limiting the participation of renewable energy plants in the private sector is a major setback for the development of green projects.
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No longer a fan of Woody Allen, but still rooting for AMLO
The president’s vision of a typical household is basically Norman Rockwell a la mexicana, and he doesn’t seem willing to let go of it for anything.
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The south’s natural environment flourishes amid coronavirus lockdown
Since lockdown was imposed over a month ago, some extraordinary features of Mexico’s south have been revealing themselves once again.
