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UK Orders Extradition of Former Veracruz Governor’s Ex-Wife

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The United Kingdom has ordered the extradition of Mexican citizen Karime Macías, ex-wife of former Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte, to stand trial in Mexico for the alleged misappropriation of at least 112 million pesos, the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) said Tuesday. Macías, who currently lives in London, is accused of using money from

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The Rise and Fall of Mexico’s First Great Political Party

By JESSICA GUERRERO Mexico’s independent life as a republic began in 1821, 200 years ago. But the first hundred years of the country’s autonomy were dizzying and plagued with numerous internal conflicts. These events and circumstances unleashed the Mexican Revolution that broke out in 1910, and consisted of a civil war between several regional revolutionary forces against the authoritarian regime of

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PRI Holds Revival to Resurrect Living Dead Voters

By RICARDO CASTILLO     A great majority of observers claim that the registration of candidates for the presidency of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is more than a dismal farce: It is the rise of the living dead. Several candidates registered to contend for the post, but among all of them, the governor-on-leave of the southeastern state of Campeche, Alejandro Moreno

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Peña Nieto Tries to Compensate for AMLO Overshadowing Him

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Last week, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto went on an unprecedented spree of interviews with three major television stations (Televisa, Imagen and TVAzteca). He was also interviewed by the leftist daily La Jornada and other newspapers. But should the president be doing this nowadays? There are a number of reasons he is launching this media blitz. First off,

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