AMLO Doubles Down on Release of NYT Journalist’s Number
YouTube removed the federal executive’s Feb. 22 press conference from its site over the weekend due to the public reveal of the journalist’s private data
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Uresti Reiterates Mexican Journalism Remains Under Threat in New Video
Uresti notably faced death threats from the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel during her time reporting at Milenio
Read moreGuerrero Journalist Jailed for Exposing Sembrando Vida Scam
The ever-increasing Mexican government’s assault on journalists and freedom of the press moved one step closer to all-out censorship over the weekend
Read moreThe View from the North: Why Latinas Are Driving the Left Crazy
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. As you may, ultra-Democrat George Soros, founder and head of the Open Societies Foundations, has been grabbing headlines in south Florida. As reported in the Independent Journalist Review (IJR), he and his liberal friends have decided to adapt an if-you-can’t-beat-them-buy-them approach to fighting off a growing Republican wave. “It’s safe to say that Democrats have noticed
Read moreAMLO Holds Second ‘Who’s Who of Media Lies of the Week’
By KELIN DILLON During his daily press conference on the morning of Wednesday, July 14, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) presented the second iteration of his new “Who’s Who of Media Lies of the Week” segment, continuing his tirade against news publications and media outlets which don’t speak in direct favor of him. This week, López Obrador reiterated
Read morePresidential Adviser Says ‘Reporters Should Be Silenced’
By ADRIANA GARCIA VALDERRAMA On Wednesday, April 27, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) defended his government’s top judicial advisor Julio Scherer Ibarra who one day earlier ruffled feathers by stating that reporters’ voices should be silenced. The declaration was taken as an invitation for censorship. Speaking during his daily morning press conference, AMLO called Scherer Ibarra “a good
Read moreINE Limits AMLO’s Election-Time Speech
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Electorate Institute (INE) voted on Friday, Jan. 15, to reduce Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) influence on the upcoming midterm elections this summer by limiting his speech during his daily morning press conferences until the campaign trail for the elections has finished. The vote passed through the INE’s general council with a tally
Read moreMexico, G20 to Create Proposal Limiting Internet Censorship
By KELIN DILLON Mexico announced Thursday, Jan. 14, that it is working to create a proposal with other nations in the Group of 20 (G20), an international group consisting of 19 countries and the European Union, to limit censorship by private social media companies following U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s controversial removal from several online platforms. Trump found himself without
Read moreINE and AMLO Clash Over Upcoming Elections
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador publicly clashed heads this week over whether or not AMLO will be able to hold his daily press conferences during the upcoming mideterm elections this June. Lorenzo Córdova, president of the INE, said on Tuesday, Jan. 12, that López Obrador would have to suspend his
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