Mexico’s Deputies and Senators Sworn Into Office
Now, with the oath of office taken by the elected officials, the National Regeneration Movement can push through its controversial judicial reform without opposition pushback
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Who’s Afraid of Lilly Téllez? (Apparently, AMLO)
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Monday, Oct. 4, that he would not attend the award ceremony for the presentation of the Belisario Domínguez Medal to Senator Ifigenia Martínez on Thursday, Oct. 7, because Senator Lilly Téllez “threatened to disrespect” him. Speaking during his daily press conference, this time in Puebla where he was on
Read moreSeparating Rumors from Facts
By RICARDO CASTILLO It may be an inexact science, but it’s in the air in Mexico these days. In colloquial Spanish, it’s called “rumorología,” which literally translates in English to “rumor-ology.” The flood of rumors preceding the upcoming Sunday, July 1, election is massive. The loudest rumor is that there is a mega-fraud in the making to put the “official”
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