By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In just two and a half years of his six-year term, the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has witnessed more violent crimes than during the entire administration of former President Felipe Calderón, generally pegged as the Mexican head of state with the most violent term. According to the government’s own
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) may continue to pooh-pooh the growing number of femicides in the country — and even the very existence of the femicide phenomenon — in 2020, at least one woman was murdered in Mexico every two and a half hours, according to a report released by the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While newly inaugurated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was busy celebrating his elaborate and elongated, multi-sited inaugural ceremony, entertaining more than 20 foreign heads of state – including the likes of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (a shining pillar of Latin American democracy, justice and respect for human rights, at its very best), Bolivian President Evo
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the United States may have serious and justified concerns about a porous border with Mexico allowing illicit drugs and undocumented immigrants entering its territory unlawfully, Mexico is equally concerned about the illicit flow of firearms into its territory. According to Renato Sales Heredia, head of Mexico’s National Security Commission (CNS), at least 2,000 illegal firearms enter the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A six-year term of blatant fiscal corruption and barefaced political abuse may finally be winding down for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN) and his cabinet of cronies, who are due to leave office (not any too soon) at the end of November. But despite indisputable evidence of financial embezzlement, political malfeasance, shady backroom deals and outright robbery, Peña
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