By RICARDO CASTILLO Protest, But No Tagging, Please Given the increasing number of feminist protest marches arriving at Mexico’s National Palace, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sent a stern message to all those groups on Monday, Feb. 17. The protestors are not just extremely noisy, but are committing acts of vandalism wherever they pass through, which includes looting and
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It may be money for the Mexican democratic dream, but a lot of people are wondering if it really does have to be that expensive. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested 12.5 billion pesos for its 2020 overall national operations from Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies. The figure does not include the 5.4 billion
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s been barely three weeks since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the presidential election and now he has his first major brawl. If a two-and-a-half-week-long honeymoon is good enough, then let it be. Last week, the National Electoral Institute (INE) slapped AMLO’s political party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), with a $197 million peso fine for what
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