AMLO: Maru Campos and César Duarte agreed to accuse Corral

AMLO: Maru Campos and César Duarte agreed to accuse Corral

The accusations of alleged corruption against former Chihuahua governor Javier Corral are fabricated, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This persecution, he said, is due to a political agreement between the current governor of that state, Maru Campos, and the former head of the local Executive, César Duarte –who is accused of his alleged responsibility … Read more

Rosario Castellanos’ words and legacy resonated at UNAM

Rosario Castellanos’ words and legacy resonated at UNAM

An exceptional day was experienced yesterday at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (FFL), where the student community commemorated two anniversaries: the centenary of this educational center, affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the 50th anniversary of the death of the writer Rosario Castellanos, whose words and thoughts continue to resonate … Read more

AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum will meet to discuss the 2025 budget

AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum will meet to discuss the 2025 budget

Mexico City. Next week, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and President-elect Claudia Sheimbaum will hold a meeting to discuss the budget for the remainder of this year and for 2025. “I think we will have a joint meeting on Tuesday regarding the Treasury Department. Here (at the National Palace), to talk about the fiscal situation, … Read more

SCJN agrees to review Elektra’s complaint against the SAT

SCJN agrees to review Elektra’s complaint against the SAT

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Norma Lucía Piña Hernández, admitted to process an appeal for review filed by Grupo Elektra against the Tax Administration Service (SAT), seeking that the highest court in the country declare various regulations unconstitutional and thereby avoid the payment of tax credits corresponding to … Read more

Tax evasion in Mexican soccer under surveillance

Tax evasion in Mexican soccer under surveillance

Since June of last year, the tax reports of the Santos Laguna club alerted the Tax Administration Service (SAT). According to federal sources, the directors plotted a scheme in 2017 to evade the withholding of income tax (ISR) of 54 million pesos, with which members of the coaching staff and players received payments under the … Read more

Manufacturing employment falls in June

Manufacturing employment falls in June

Mexico City. The results for June 2024 of the Monthly Survey of the Manufacturing Industry (Emim) showed a decline in the use of production factors: personnel employed, hours worked and average real wages, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). In June 2024, the manufacturing industry reported a monthly decrease … Read more

US economy continues to give good news and the peso responds with gains

US economy continues to give good news and the peso responds with gains

Mexico City. The US retail sales data dispels fears of an economic recession, and the Mexican peso accelerates its gains against the dollar, as Mexico benefits from the growth of its main trading partner, mainly in terms of exports and investment. At the opening of American markets, the Mexican currency appreciated 0.48 percent, trading at … Read more

Open-pit mining should not be banned: Camimex

Open-pit mining should not be banned: Camimex

Mexico City. Banning open-pit mining as proposed by the Constitutional Reform Initiative is a serious risk for the country’s economy, said the Mexican Mining Chamber (Camimex). “If approved by both chambers, it will have devastating consequences for Mexico’s development and economic stability. This action would limit our country’s ability to transform its natural resources into … Read more

Luis García Montero received the Carlos Fuentes International Prize at the Fine Arts

Luis García Montero received the Carlos Fuentes International Prize at the Fine Arts

The Spanish poet and essayist Luis García Montero (Granada, 1958) dedicated the Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language to his wife, the writer Almudena Grandes, and to his friend, the Mexican writer and journalist Cristina Pacheco, both deceased, which was presented to him yesterday at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. … Read more