Carlos Slim

Bill Gates and Carlos Slim Are On a Mission To Bring COVID-19 Vaccines to Mexico

While the U.S. and Canada prepare to receive the first doses of their COVID-19 vaccines, their neighbor to the south is making plans to orchestrate their own vaccine distribution plan.  On Wednesday, the Mexican government announced a contract with Pfizer for their COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed with German partner BioNTech SE. According to AFP, Read More...

Mexico’s President AMLO Shows How It’s Done

While U.S. advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a press conference on Jan. 6, he said the neoliberal model had failed; private banks […]

Preying on Mexican Populism: Violence, Media, and Mexico’s Missing 43

“The violence is not a new thing,” says Jose-Pablo Buerba about Mexico’s civil unrest and protest in recent weeks. An international political economist from Mexico City, Buerba works with heads of state around the world on matters economic. He is a native of Mexico City, where he has lived and worked these last few months.