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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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 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
Read moreAMLO: Moscow’s (Faithful) Man in Mexico
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) lukewarm response to Russia’s flagrant invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 24, really shouldn’t come as any great surprise. After all, Russia is a longtime backer of AMLO’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) government, having allegedly financed at least part of López Obrador’s 2018 presidential campaign, according to some
Read moreAT&T México’s Shameless Bait-and-Switch Scam
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Up until Saturday, Feb. 5, I had been a faithful AT&T México (previously known as Iusacell) customer for more than 15 years, always carrying the maximum plan available and always paying my bill on time through an automatic payment from my American Express card. Sure, the service could be faulty, with constant call drop-offs and frequent reception
Read moreMorena: A Rebirth of Mexican Politics
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The democratic political life of Mexico, as in many other Latin American nations, is relatively young. In the last decade, a new chapter began in the construction of Mexican politics after the sudden arrival to the presidency of a newly created party. Breaking through and eventually displacing the parties that historically held political hegemony
Read moreAMLO’S Back-to-the-Future Succession Plan
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) appointment of former Tabasco Governor Adán Augusto López Hernández to replace Olga Sánchez Cordero to head the nation’s Interior Secretariat (Segob) smacks of political maneuvering and foreshadows further plans to restructure the presidential team with an undeniable hint of succession. At first it seemed that López Hernández appointment was just
Read moreFormer Electoral Official: Don’t Expect Surprises from Midterm Vote
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Former Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Consultant Mauricio Merino Huerta said Saturday, June 5, that while there may be some minor changes in Mexico’s political landscape following Sunday’s midterm elections, there will be no major changes. “There are not going to be any big surprises coming out of the vote count,” Merino Huerta told Pulse News Mexico
Read moreThe Rise and Fall of the Mexican Partycracy Political System
By RICARDO CASTILLO It was 30 years ago that Mexico took a veritable turn towards becoming a democratic system. At the time, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) still ruled the nation. Yet the man who became president on Dec. 1, 1988, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, noticed that the lights had changed and that the PRI had to let go of
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