Bad news for Ricardo Monreal
It seems like in the Senate , there are planning two acts of revenge against the parliamentary leader Ricardo Monreal : the expulsion of Lilly Téllez from Morena and the resolution issued by the party’s National Honesty and Justice Commission in regards to the election of Mónica Fernández as the head of the Senate. We’ve been told that Monreal’s team thinks the commission is not looking to investigate the election of Mónica Fernández or question Lilly Telléz for not supporting the federal government. At the end of the day, Fernández was right when she said that parliamentary issues are solved at legislative bodies only.
Will someone be fired?
On Thursday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will meet with his legal team and other cabinet members . We’ve been told that for the last time in 2019 , the cabinet and the President will be together. During the meeting, the President will list the pending problems and wish his team a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Nevertheless, we’ve been told that there are other rumors surrounding this meeting, where changes might be made to the team . So while some ministers are attending the meeting feeling fine, others are quite nervous about being fired .
Violence pushes international tourists away
The Trump administration updated its travel alerts . In the case of Mexico , the U.S. State Department put the country in level 2, which means that U.S. citizens who want to travel to Mexico should be careful in regards to security . Nevertheless, there are other countries that were labeled level 3, which suggests they should reconsider their trip and level 4, which suggests canceling the trip. However, beyond the travel alerts, several factors have resulted in the decrease of U.S. tourists visiting Mexico by 0.3%, the first fall in 8 years. While the decrease is minimum, two things should be considered: the annual tendency in the increase of U.S. tourists in Mexico came to a halt and at the same time, the number of U.S. citizens who travel outside their country has increased, which means they haven’t stopped traveling, but that they are no longer traveling to Mexico.
Seade went through a roller coaster
In the last week, things have been a roller coaster for Undersecretary Jesús Sead e. Things have gone from euphoria and happiness to anger. Now, after being the accused, he’s now a victim who deserves solidarity . This comes after a commission in Congress was planning to summon Seade to explain the possible labor inspections the U.S. would carry out in Mexico as part of the USMCA . Nevertheless, Morena’s majority in the lower chamber blocked the proposal after the U.S. said it would not deploy labor inspectors to Mexico. Now Morena lawmakers are looking to issue a statement to support the USMCA.
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