AMLO Downplays Protest against New Electoral Law
López Obrador labeled those who joined the demonstration as “pure electoral racoons” who were following the orders of “white collar criminals”
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Del Moral, Gómez to Contest Governorship in State of Mexico
The ruling party, the leftist National Regeneration Movement of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is looking to wrest away control of EdoMex from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Read moreTwo Former Mancera Officials Arrested for Alleged Espionage
Two former top-level officials who reported to then-Mexico City Governor and now Senator Miguel Ángel Mancera were arrested for alleged espionage
Read moreMexican Senate Endorses Move to Keep Army on Streets until 2028
By MARK LORENZANA In the midst of a debate plagued by accusations of vote buying, disqualifications and insults, the plenary session of the Mexican Senate — with the majority vote of senators under Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and their allies, as well as the majority of legislators from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Read moreMexico’s Chamber of Deputies Approves Keeping Army on Streets until 2028
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies — whose majority bloc consists of members of the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — approved on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 14, a proposal to use the Armed Forces for public security tasks until 2028. Yolanda de la Torre, a deputy of the centralist Institutional
Read moreVa Por México Suspended as Moreno Doubles Down on PRI’s Proposal
By KELIN DILLON Following days of contention between members of Mexico’s Va por México electoral alliance surrounding the Party of Institutional Revolution’s (PRI) proposal to expand the influence of the Mexican Armed forces in the streets — a move made in collaboration with the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the very party that Va por México was created to defeat
Read moreVisible Fissures Erupt from within Va por México Alliance
By KELIN DILLON When Mexico’s Va por México Alliance – a coalition of the nation’s once-dominate Party of Institutional Revolution (PRI), conservative National Action Party (PAN) and left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) – was once touted as a collaborative solution to the modern prominence of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena) upon its
Read moreVa Por México Coalition Reaffirms Alliance for 2023, 2024 Polls
By MARK LORENZANA Members of the Va Por México coalition, which consists of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), reaffirmed their alliance on Tuesday, Aug. 30, and are set to agree on fielding their chosen candidates in the upcoming 2023 local public elections and the
Read moreClaudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas Open to 2024 Presidency
By MARK LORENZANA Senator Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, former president of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) — who also served as secretary of foreign affairs and secretary of tourism under former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto — is open to running for the presidency of Mexico in 2024 to challenge the ruling party, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Obrador’s (AMLO)
Read moreAMLO’s Electoral Reform on Opposition Collision Course
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO The dust from Mexico’s June 5 gubernatorial elections has not yet settled, but the government’s political opponents are all set for the next round with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Last week, the opposition Va por México coalition — composed of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), the
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