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SEP Temporarily Suspends Controversial Study Plan

By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) backed down and agreed to stop, for now, the implementation of its contentious study program, after two judges suspended it indefinitely. “Temporarily and in respect of the rule of law, the pilot program of the new study plan for preschool and primary and secondary education will not be applied,” the SEP

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AMLO: No Spying Involved in Mexico Space Pact with Russia

By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the morning of Monday, Oct. 10, insisted that the agreement between Mexico and Russia for “space research for peace purposes” does not have elements of espionage, and that it was a pact agreed upon since September 2021, at least five months before the Moscow invasion of Ukraine. “It is

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Civil Groups Demand Input on New SEP Study Plan

By MARK LORENZANA After Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced an investigation into Federal Judge Francisco Javier Rebolledo Peña, who stopped the implementation of the new curriculum for basic-education students, civil organizations have requested a dialogue with the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) to participate in the preparation of the educational programs that the SEP is planning to

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Morena Plans to Halt Foreign Donations to Civil Organizations

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Deputy Reyna Celeste Ascencio, a member of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, presented an initiative to the federal Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, Feb. 22, aimed at preventing civil organizations from receiving funding from abroad. The proposed reform would prevent international donations from being used to

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