“The next president will have to deal with the problems that have plagued Mexico for many years, such as public security, human rights violations, migration and corruption,” read the European Parliament Research Service report
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Global commentators have suggested that the political wildcard for 2024 will be the United States
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON According to new data released by Mexico’s National System of Public Security (SNSP), there were a total of 627 children murdered by gun violence in Mexico between January and September 2022, an average of two minor deaths per day and an approximately 7 percent higher homicide rate than experienced during the same time period the year previous.
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Mexico Prepares for Day of the Dead
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON According to a new report released by international organization Global Witness, Mexico was the country with the most murdered environmental activists in 2021, when the nation bore witness to 54 documented environmentalist deaths. Mexico leads the global pack of environmentalist murders by a large margin, with Colombia – the second most deadly country for environmentalists in 2021
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By MARK LORENZANA Veteran Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos gave Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) all he could handle on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 22, during AMLO’s daily press conference. Ramos, known for his no-nonsense approach when dealing with López Obrador during his news conferences, told the Mexican president point-blank that his administration can now lay claim to
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By MARK LORENZANA Four justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) on Monday, Sept. 5, refused to approve, as presented, a proposal that seeks to eliminate forced preventive detention (jail without bail) in the country. The judges who categorically rejected the proposal were Justices Yasmin Esquivel, Loretta Ortiz and Alberto Pérez Dayan, while on the last
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By MARK LORENZANA With his popularity dropping, violence growing and the country’s economy crashing, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 1, tried his hardest to put a positive spin on his administration’s shortcomings through his State of the Nation Address (Informe de Gobierno) at the National Palace in Mexico City. The 50-minute speech
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