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.
President Lopez Obrador...Manuel Bartlett...Enrique Camarena...Pemex...1st Quarter GDP contraction...Eight billion-dollar Maya Train...Mexico designs and manufactures ventilators for coronavirus victims for thousands of dollars less...Cancun back online...Seven Mexican governors unite to defeat Lopez Obrador/Bartlett sleazy takeover of all electrical generation in Mexico..."Blood will flow" say Mexican women if the government shuts down their electricity...Pemex oil refineries 4th and 5th worst polluters in the world...Mexican built cars exported to Azerbaijan...Lopez Obrador wants a nation survey to measure "happiness" ...American Department of Defense joins with American Legion Mexico City Post to feed needy... The host is Raoul Lowery-Contreras. ...
Corruption at PEMEX...political hacks get diplomatic appointments...cartel leader busted...for 5th time Mexicans protest AMLO in 13 different cities...Mexico becomes third largest covid-19 blackhole of deaths behind USA and brazil...move to b an Airbnb...Mexican Supreme Court pops abortion balloon...Mexico enters 21st century with food labels like USA...PEMEX loses more billions...exports skyrocket in June...economy bottoms out in second quarter...AMLO announces pension reform...Mexico duplicates american social security system. ...
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 ...
