INE, TEPJF: AMLO’s Comments Deteriorating Election Fairness
During his daily pressers, AMLO has repeatedly called on supporters to “vote in favor” of those who support his government’s policies and “to vote against opponents”
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Mexican Democracy in Suspension
By ENRIQUE KRAUZE It was not through some miracle, but rather because thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of generations, that Mexico has, successively, evolved as a theocratic, monarchical, viceroyalty, caudillism, dictatorial, revolutionary, revolutionary-institutional, and, finally today, a democratic state. Very soon, it may cease to be just that. It is sad, but perhaps understandable, that Mexico’s new generations are
Read moreJudge Orders House Arrest for Former Nuevo León Governor
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Judge Bárbara Melissa Gómez on Saturday, June 11, removed former Nuevo León governor and presidential candidate Jaime “El Bronco” Rodríguez Calderón from preventive detention and placed him under house arrest. Rodríguez Calderón will now face the two current criminal proceedings against him at home and will not be brought back to the prison in Apodaca, Nuevo
Read moreLorenzo Córdoba: Violence Could Negate Democracy in Mexico
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The growing violence against Mexican politicians, journalists and electoral officials poses a potential threat to the country’s June elections and could mar the credibility of the polling results, the head of the National Electoral Institute (INE) said Friday, May 28. “By definition, the presence of violence constitutes the negation of democracy,” INE President Lorenzo Córdoba said during
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Deputies to Vote on INE Councilors What is going to happen today, Wednesday, July 22, at Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies is anybody’s guess. Last week, a Technical Evaluation Committee selected 20 pre-candidates, out of long list of over 360, to compete for the Chamber of Deputies vote on the final four, who will become councilors at the
Read moreElba Esther Upstages AMLO in Wednesday’s Double Scoop
By RICARDO CASTILLO Two events on Wednesday, Aug. 8, stood out on the Mexican political landscape. One was expected, but the second one was not. To clear things up quickly, the expected event was when Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) finally got the official recognition from the Federal Electoral Court as president-elect- No surprise there. The unexpected event happened at 1:30 a.m. – nearly 12 hours before
Read moreAMLO to Get Victory Status Recognition (Finally)
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s been five full weeks since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the Mexican presidential election. You’d think that he would be immediately recognized for his victory, at least with the moniker of “president-elect,” but in the national press, the moniker has instead been “virtual president-elect.” But as of Wednesday, Aug. 8, this situation will change. The Federal
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