Tag Archives: CEM

Opposition Bloc against AMLO’s Electoral Reform Grows

By MARK LORENZANA The contentious electoral reform spearheaded by deputies from the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has further divided the country, and two groups have emerged thus far: those who have called for a complete transformation — or even scrapping — of the National Electoral Institute (INE), and those who are

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Scrapping of Electoral Institute a Threat to Democracy, Says Majority of Mexicans

By MARK LORENZANA Only 13 percent of Mexicans believe that the National Electoral Institute (INE) should be eliminated, 31 percent support some sort of electoral reform and 53 percent think that the INE has been doing a good job so far, according to a telephone survey conducted by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma from Wednesday, Oct. 26, to Saturday, Oct. 29.

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Catholic Clergy Responds to Protestant Group’s Defense of AMLO

By KELIN DILLON Just days after Protestant Christian leader and president of the National Confraternity of Christian and Evangelical Churches (Confraternice) Arturo Farela Gutiérrez spoke out in defense of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) “hugs, not bullets” policy for addressing violence and publicly criticized the Catholic Church as “setting the country on fire,” members of the Mexican Catholic

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Opposition Bloc Demands Change in AMLO Security Plan

By MARK LORENZANA The public-security strategy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is facing a possible review in the Mexican Senate, and the opposition bloc is demanding changes in the fight against organized crime, chief among them strengthening the state police and creating a professional civilian body in charge of public security. Damián Zepeda, a senator from the conservative National

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Guadalupe Basilica to Close for Dec. 12 After All

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In yet another about-face decision, the Mexican Episcopate Conference (CEM) announced Tuesday, Nov. 24, that the nation’s iconic Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica will be closed from Dec. 10, through Dec. 13 to prevent the spread of covid-19, On Saturday, Nov. 21, the CEM issued a statement announcing that the basilica would remain open for

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