Tag: Mexico
Big oil cheers Trump’s ‘new NAFTA’ but Mexico could complicate things
Mexico’s recently elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has yet to comment on the USMCA's energy-related provisions.
Justice Department inspector general to investigate DEA program linked to massacres...
The inquiry stems from stories by ProPublica that showed the DEA’s vetted unit in the country has had a history of leaking sensitive information to drug traffickers.
Sempra Energy plans to export fracked gas on the West Coast...
“It has everything to do with corporations degrading the environmental quality of communities and the communities themselves."
Newly elected president of Mexico, Lopez Obrador, vows to ban fracking
The “plan to ban fracking in Mexico represents the latest common-sense decision by a world leader to prohibit this inherently toxic, polluting practice.”
How Coca-Cola and climate change created a public health crisis in...
"Coca-Cola kills us."
Mexico’s new populist president considers foreign pipeline plans despite Indigenous protests
“The contracts in the energy sector with private companies will be reviewed to prevent corruption and illegal acts.”
‘Together we will make history!:’ In Mexico and New York, the...
“It’s time we acknowledge that not all Democrats are the same."
Mexico’s election was a victory for democracy itself
The hunger for change manifested at the polls provides a vital impetus for the government as it begins to overcome Mexico’s vested interests and democratic deficits.
Mexico’s leftist president-elect AMLO promises sweeping changes on corruption, poverty, drug...
López Obrador ran an anti-corruption, anti-violence campaign and has vowed to expand pensions for the elderly, boost spending for social programs and increase grants for students.
Mexican election 2018: ‘Mexico’s Bernie Sanders’ set to win
We already know who is going to be the president of Mexico for the next six years. It’s ‘AMLO’, short for Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Republicans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trump blocks their vision of the...
Yes, sometimes you can’t see the forest because of the trees. Republicans are so afraid of Trump that they have him on their minds all the time. Let’s call Trump the Trees.
Khanna unveils $12 trillion progressive plan to cut deficit and invest in working families
As Republicans push tax cuts for the wealthy, Rep. Ro Khanna releases a sweeping economic blueprint that targets Pentagon waste, corporate fraud, and billionaire loopholes to fund national priorities.
Trump threatens ‘heavy force’ against peaceful protesters as military parade marks birthday spectacle
As Trump prepares to mark his 79th birthday with a massive military display in Washington, his warnings against “any” protesters draw widespread alarm from rights groups and legal experts.
Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets
As Trump looks to increase repression, a new training guide explains how peacekeepers reduce fear and build solidarity.
How the rich get richer: Evade taxation, grease trillion-dollar tax breaks, jack interest rates,...
In class and status-conscious, materialistic America (was it ever otherwise?), scoring net worth is easier than figuring out messy election results.