DACA, Dreamers, U.S. Supreme Court, Maya Train, Pemex, Lopez Obrador, Tourism, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Chicago, Interjet, Mexican poor, Covid-19, energy, tear gas, Mexican judge stops energy power grab, border crossing restrictions.
The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras.
Mexican Riviera opens up for business...Maya Train switches from 100% diesel to 50% electric...Yaqui Indians of Sonora tangle with government...Former Pemex head under arrest and is telling stories about previous Presidents being corrupt...Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan wonders if "corruption" deflects from President's failure on handling Pandemic in Mexico...Experts noting charges of corruption haven't been proven...Constellation Brands, with legal backing from Mexican Bar Association, preparing to fight President Lopez Obrador's campaign to shut down the 1.4 billion dollar Mexicali brewery the Bar says was illegal...AMLO is having a fit over the challenge...AMLO says the fight is coming from "neoliberals" he will defeat...AMLO says President Felipe Calderon (2006-2012) ran a "narco-state"...Mexico seeking companies to abandon China and come to Mexico... The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras. ...
SEGMENT 1 MEXICO SHUTS DOWN FOR CORONAVIRUS- In all, 18% of firms in Mexico are considered essential and are allowed to stay open. Alcalde said that of the remaining nonessential firms, 87% had closed and 13% had refused to do so. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also said he didn’t like businessmen going out to seek loans from international lending agencies, further angering the business sector. Under U.S. pressure, Mexico pledged Friday to reopen automotive plants in a “gradual and cautious” process. On Monday, Labor Secretary Luisa Maria Alcalde praised some automakers for reducing or stopping nonessential parts of their operations. The U.S. government launched a campaign to get Mexico to reopen plants, suggesting the supply chain of the North American free trade zone could be permanently affected if they didn’t resume production. Mexico’s border assembly plants are key to the U.S. supply chain, including those of autos and defense contractors, and employees at some of the facilities have staged walkouts and protests because of fears over the coronavirus. Ellen Lord, U.S. undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, had voiced similar concerns Monday in Washington. “We are seeing impacts on the industrial base by several pockets of closure internationally. Particularly of note is Mexico, where we have a group of companies that are impacting many of our major primes,” she said Alcalde publicly shamed some textile and footwear firms, as well as a department store chain, for not obeying closure orders for nonessential businesses. SEGMENT TWO Private business group arranged a huge loan to help small and medium size businesses affected by the coronavirus ...
500 Year old street open market closed for first time, where? Beer shortage in Mexico. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declines 1% in 2019, currently dropping 3,6%. March remittances from U.S. to Mexicans hit record of $4 billion. 100 border essential factories open to supply USA defense industry. National murder rate drops. Pemex loses $526 billion pesos in 1st Quarter. Maya Train contracts to let, billions of pesos. MX President joins President Trump in "stolen valor" taking credit for help to people -- only ita illegal in Mexico. The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras. ...
