By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) on Friday, Sept. 4, denied the political organization founded by former President Felipe Calderón and his wife Margarita Zavala the right to be considered a political party. The group, known as Libertad y Responsabilidad Democrática (Freedom and Democratic Responsibility), or simply México Libre (Free Mexico), was denied the right
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Has inner peace finally enlightened Mexico’s previously brawling National Regeneration Movement political party, best known as Morena? At least Morena’s new interim president, Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar, said it has, but two very rowdy ladies don’t think so. (Note: For background on the topic, please read my previous article in Pulse News Mexico, “Orphaned Morena’s Democratic Schism.”) On
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Covid-19, Imported From Italy Mexican Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell informed the public on Sunday, March 1, that there are now five confirmed cases of Covid-19 (also known as novel coronavirus), plus 11 suspected cases. Hence, he said, the nation is not in a state of emergency. López-Gatell said that the outbreak of the virus in Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There are two ways of looking at Mexico’s 2021 midterm elections: On the one hand, there will be the anticipated participation of the country’s seven existing political parties. On the other, there are still-undetermined organizations seeking registration with the National Electoral Institute (INE), and it is not clear whether they will get in or not. According to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There have been several interpretations to what happened on Sunday, Jan. 26, during the “National Congress” held by one block of Mexico’s National Regeneration Movement (Morena) political party led by Bertha Luján, in which the “assembly” voted in Alfonso Ramírez Cuellar as “interim president,” with the job of paving the way to hold smooth elections
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … Hustle, tussle and lots of bustle is going on inside Mexico’s governing political party, as it heads into its first true internal election for party leader…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s been barely three weeks since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the presidential election and now he has his first major brawl. If a two-and-a-half-week-long honeymoon is good enough, then let it be. Last week, the National Electoral Institute (INE) slapped AMLO’s political party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), with a $197 million peso fine for what
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Monday morning blues and indignation? You bet. Definitely for two independent presidential hopefuls, it was a weekend full of electoral turmoil. Their candidacies were rejected by the National Electoral Institute’s (INE) Committee of Prerogatives and Political Parties, which last Friday decided that pre-candidates Jaime Rodríguez Calderón and Armando Ríos Piter did not meet the minimum of signatures
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