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Former Supreme Court Judge Questions AMLO’s Understanding of Law

By KELIN DILLON Former associate Justice of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) José Ramón Cossío made known his concerns about the extent of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) knowledge of the law on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 16, following López Obrador’s public reading of a letter addressed to President of the SCJN and of the Federal

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The Misguided Quixote: AMLO Against the World

By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), incensed by District Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro’s suspension of his controversial reform to Mexico’s electricity sector the previous day, launched a public tirade against anyone and everyone he deemed his enemies, ranging from foreign countries to his own presidential predecessors, during his daily press conference on the morning of

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AMLO Goes for Judiciary’s Jugular over Suspended Electric Reform

By KELIN DILLON Following the decision of Mexican District Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro to suspend Mexico’s controversial electricity reform on Thursday, March 11, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced he would order an investigation into Gómez Fierro’s suspension of the electric law, accusing the judge of working for private companies and showing, once again, that anyone who does

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