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President Sheinbaum Commemorates the 700th Anniversary of Mexico City

This year, 2025, is the 700th anniversary of Mexico City, founded on an island on a lake as the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. (See Mexico City’s 700th Anniversary). ABC reported on the commemorations taking place in Mexico City on July … Continue reading

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The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City

The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a race track in Mexico City. It’s the scheduled site of NASCAR’s first Cup Series Race for points in Mexico, to be held June 15th, 2025. (See here and here). It’s the first such race to … Continue reading

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Taruk, the Mexican Electric Bus

A new electric bus has been developed in Mexico. It’s called the “Taruk”, from the Yaqui word for the roadrunner bird. (Yaqui is an indigenous language of northwest Mexico). It’s the first fully electric bus completely developed in Mexico. According … Continue reading

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Rogelio Ramirez de la O Resigns as Treasury Secretary; Replaced by Edgar Amador

A couple of months ago I ran a cabinet profile of Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Secretary of Treasury in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum. (See Cabinet Profile: Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Secretary of the Treasury). Ramirez de … Continue reading

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Cabinet Profile: Rogelio Ramirez de la O, Secretary of the Treasury

Rogelio Ramirez de la O serves as Treasury Secretary in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum. The official title of the department in Spanish is Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, the Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit, commonly … Continue reading

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Cabinet Profile: Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Foreign Minister

Juan Ramon de la Fuente Ramirez serves on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet as Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, literally Secretary of External Relations, that is, Foreign Minister, or as the the post is also called in Spanish, Canciller (Chancellor). De la … Continue reading

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Ifigenia Martinez, 94-Year Old Speaker of the House, Dies Four Days after Sheinbaum Inauguration

On October 5th, just four days after the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as president of Mexico, Ifigenia Martinez, the Speaker of the House, who presided over the inauguration ceremony, passed away at the age of 94. Ifigenia Martinez was a … Continue reading

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Claudia Sheinbaum Forms Her Cabinet

Claudia Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election on June 2nd and is slated to take office October 1st. As part of the transition period,she has been naming her cabinet officials. Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet Picks: 2. Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores   (Foreign … Continue reading

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Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Next President?

On June 2nd, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election. She is scheduled to take office as president on October 2nd, as Mexico’s first woman president and first Jewish president. A Mexican presidential term is 6 years. Thus her … Continue reading

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