That Last Afternoon with Octavio Paz
Like a lion caged in his own body and tethered to his wheelchair, covered by a Mexican blanket, Paz inquired with anguish as to the fate of his beloved nation
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Those Pesky Critics
It is only a matter of time before one of López Obrador’s critics is assassinated
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Chasing Morena from the INE
Read moreLuck 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 moreA Historic Moment for Mexico’s Supreme Court
Now, as the INE and the TEPJF face erosion under the new Plan B electoral reform, Mexico’s Supreme Court has a unique historic opportunity to safeguard, with the Constitution well in hand, the integrity of those key arbitrators
Read moreA Legion of Citizens
Whoever wins, we will not give up democracy. Battered and all, democracy will prevail
Read moreA Very Justified Fear
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER They say that fear and anger are the two most effective motivators in mobilizing a society electorally. What the people of Mexico witnessed in terms of the government’s reaction to the massive Sunday, Nov. 13, citizens’ March for Democracy was a clear demonstration of what ended up happening with the way of reacting from the
Read moreHundreds of Thousands of Mexicans March for Democracy
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Starting at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, and heading from Mexico City’s Angel of Independence Monument to the Monument to the Revolution, tens of thousands of people marched in defense of democracy and the National Electoral Institution (INE) despite an environmental contingency imposed by the pro-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) capital governor, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Read moreMexican Human Rights Commission Attacks National Electoral Institute
By MARK LORENZANA Amid the electoral reform spearheaded by deputies from the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of Mexican President Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), which seeks to eliminate Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), the Mexican Human Rights Commission (CDNH) has labeled the INE as a “body that sabotages the will of the people,” and has claimed that “for years it
Read moreWoldenberg, the Democrat
By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Without having dealt with him closely, without actually having been his friend, I feel a distant brotherhood with political scientist José Woldenberg, who served as the first president of Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). Our initial trajectories were different. I belong to the generation of 1968 and I leaned toward liberalism early on. He belongs to the
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