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AMLO’s Questionable Candidate for State of Mexico Governor

OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The nomination of Secretary of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez Álvarez as the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party’s candidate for the governorship of the State of Mexico (EdoMéx) says a lot about the current state of politics in Mexico. The economic importance and electoral weight of the State of Mexico, just outside Mexico City,

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AMLO Calls European Parliamentarians Sheep, Interventionists

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday, March 10, called members of the European Parliament (EP) “sheep” and “interventionists” after that body, the only directly elected entity within the European Union (EU), called on him earlier in the day to provide protection to journalists and to stop using the “populist rhetoric” that

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Germán Larrea in the Spotlight, Again

By RICARDO CASTILLO      Every now and then, more often than not, the name of Mexico’s fourth-wealthiest man, Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, dominates the media with controversial reports. In fact, at the Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (Semarnat), there are a myriad of files open charging Larrea with crimes of pollution. And if we gauge the amount of media space devoted

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Senate Sends National Guard Bill Back into Deputies’ Court

By RICARDO CASTILLO     The first complete draft for a viable law that allows for military participation in civilian policing activities was unanimously approved by the Mexican Senate last week. That step, however, is only the first move for the bill. Originally, the lower house Chamber of Deputies had sent a draft that had been sent to them by President Andrés

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