Mexico’s Supreme Court Hires TikTok Celebrity
Guerrero Flores has a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, but became famous for his TikTok and YouTube videos
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PRI Candidate for Coahuila Is Frontrunner in Unofficial Polls
Ricardo Monreal, leader of the Morena majority bloc in the Senate, criticized Mejía Berdeja’s resignation from his post and his subsequent defection to the PT as its official gubernatorial candidate in Coahuila
Read moreCompraNet Website Suspension Opens Door to More Corruption
By MARK LORENZANA Anticorruption and transparency groups, business and political organizations, journalists and concerned individuals in Mexico have all called on the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to restore the public-information system CompraNet, which has been “temporarily suspended” since Friday, July 15. CompraNet is an information system in Mexico through which citizens can openly search about
Read moreThe 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
Read moreA Day Without Women
By RICARDO CASTILLO It was never supposed to turn into a free-for-all political power grab, but it did. A week ago, various feminist organizations issued a summons a total stoppage of female activities on Monday, March 9. The plan was made official by a group called Witches of the Sea, located in the state of Veracruz. On Feb 18, an
Read moreThe Mexican Recession that May Not Be
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s the end of July and figures are beginning to trickle in regarding the state of Mexico’s economy. The first one landed on Friday, July 26, from the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (Inegi), which is the nation’s foremost authority in gauging financial and industrial trends and the news is not good since the Gross Domestic
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