By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Electorate Institute (INE) voted on Friday, Jan. 15, to reduce Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) influence on the upcoming midterm elections this summer by limiting his speech during his daily morning press conferences until the campaign trail for the elections has finished. The vote passed through the INE’s general council with a tally
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has drawn intense criticism after calling for the elimination of independent organizations by their absorption into the state, a move that would consolidate the Mexican government’s power and remove its checks and balances. López Obrador tried to justify his proposal by saying autonomous organizations “cost a lot to maintain,” going
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said during his daily press conference on Friday, Jan. 8, that independent organizations in Mexico have not been fulfilling their functions properly and must be reformed. AMLO proposed that all autonomous organizations be absorbed by the Mexican government to “make sure they execute their roles to the fullest extent.” “These
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By KELIN DILLON During his press conference on the morning of Friday, Jan. 8, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised the public that government officials and media reporters would have quick access to all requested documents after the proposed absorption of the National Institute for Transparency Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI) into the Mexican government.
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