AMLO Determined to Wipe Out Independent Institutions
The INAI is in charge of two fundamental rights: access to public information and protection of Mexican citizens’ personal data
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Luck of the Draw Supposedly Reigns Supreme at the New INE
It’s the influence that the INE’s new ranks may have on the institute’s vitally autonomous and democratic elections in Mexico that’s causing much concern
Read moreViolence against Press Reaches Record Numbers under AMLO
In 2022, there were 696 attacks on journalists in Mexico — at least one attack on a journalist every 13 hours
Read moreAñorve Replaces Osorio Chong as PRI Senate Coordinator
Osorio Chong, for his part, denounced in a press conference what he described was “an illegal extraordinary general assembly of the PRI bench” in the Senate, called by seven PRI legislators including Añorve and Mario Zamora, another PRI member purportedly close to Moreno
Read morePemex: What’s There to Celebrate?
The cow has run dry and is no longer producing milk
Read moreArmed Forces Face Rise in Abuse Allegations, Civilian Deaths
Currently, 318 members of the Armed Forces are under investigation for purported human rights abuses
Read moreCuban Doctors Won’t Fix Mexico’s Aching Public Health System
In 2021, Mexico’s national public health sector failure reached record levels as 22 million prescriptions could not be filled
Read moreAMLO Downplays Protest against New Electoral Law
López Obrador labeled those who joined the demonstration as “pure electoral racoons” who were following the orders of “white collar criminals”
Read moreThe Atlantic Calls AMLO ‘The Autocrat Next Door’
“Liberal democracy in Mexico is under assault. Worse, the attacker is the country’s own president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador,” the article said.
Read moreWho Is Really to Blame for the Metro Crash?
Politicians are typically remembered for the decisions they make or the situations they face, successfully or otherwise, in the final stretches of their terms
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