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It’s safe to say that, sooner or later — even if it requires a Plan D or, probably, until a Plan Z — López Obrador and Morena will eventually get what they want with the INE
Read moreIt’s safe to say that, sooner or later — even if it requires a Plan D or, probably, until a Plan Z — López Obrador and Morena will eventually get what they want with the INE
Read moreLorenzo Córdova, head of the National Electoral Institute (INE), called on Mexicans to rebel against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) “Plan B” electoral reform by resorting to every legal option available
Read moreBy 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
Read moreBy 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.
Read moreBy MARK LORENZANA The Mexican Bar Association (BMA) has asked Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to stop threatening judges who rule against his government plans. Through a public statement signed by its president, Claudia de Buen, the BMA rejected the latest threat launched by López Obrador against Judge Francisco Javier Rebolledo Peña, who stopped the implementation of the new
Read moreBy 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
Read moreBy 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
Read moreOPINION By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If it’s Cinco de Mayo – in the United States, of course – it’s time to break out the tequila and celebrate. In Mexico, however, the date is just a faded memory of the 1862 Battle of Puebla against the French, who got walloped by a Mexican indigenous army – a minor speck
Read moreOPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The inauguration of the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) on Monday, March 21, by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) proved that in his polarizing and divide-and-conquer strategy, López Obrador has had an unwitting but unbeatable ally: a class-oriented and racist society that is willing to discriminate at the slightest provocation. Over the
Read moreBy THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Some of Mexico’s biggest film and television royalty have joined forces to launch a campaign against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) Tren Maya, a massive 230 billion-peso tourist train project that environmentalists have warned will destroy over half the natural flora and fauna in the Yucatan Peninsula. Last month, the government re-charted Section
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