Sheinbaum Leads Presidential Polls by 20 Points
Sheinbaum reportedly registered 54 percent of the polled population’s intended vote with Xóchitl Gálvez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez trailing behind at a respective 34 and 12 percent
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INE and Mexican Government Clash Over Absentee Ballots
The INE approved 180,686 foreign voter applications in total – or 82 percent of the overall application pool.
Read moreAMLO Reacts to Church Leaders’ Proposed ‘Commitment to Peace’
All three presidential candidates – Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and Jorge Álvarez Máynez – are expected to sign the “Commitment to Peace” come Monday, March 11
Read moreFriends of AMLO’s Son Allegedly Awarded Government Contracts
One of the biggest contracts is for the so-called Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, which is being built on the land where the Mexico City New International Airport was to be constructed before it was canceled by López Obrador at the beginning of his term
Read moreMexico’s Political Parties Unite against Electoral Judiciary
The Impunity Law is intended to curtail the power of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation and severely limit its ability to issue judgments against Mexico’s political parties and deputies’ individual actions
Read moreCitizens’ Movement Party Pulls Out of Gubernatorial Races
The MC announced that it will not field candidates for the 2023 gubernatorial elections in the State of Mexico and Coahuila
Read more‘Plan B’ Braces for Backlash from Private Sector, Opposition Parties
By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena) managed to squeeze its controversial ‘plan b’ electoral reforms into passage by the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a last-minute legislative presentation and vote on the matter in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 7, Morena’s fast-tracked course of action has received major backlash from
Read moreUS Ambassador Rebukes Mexico for Affinity with Russia
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar reprimanded Mexico’s lower house Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, March 24, for launching a Mexico-Russia Friendship Group one day earlier with Moscow’s envoy Víktor Koronelli in tow. Speaking before the same parliamentarians, Salazar said that in the midst of Russia’s brutal invasion into Ukraine, “this sort of endorsement”
Read moreRussian Envoy ‘Congratulates’ AMLO for Not Imposing Sanctions
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was announcing that the Joe Biden administration had determined Russia had indeed committed war crimes in Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to Mexico Víktor Koronelli went before Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, March 23, to “congratulate” the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) for not
Read moreBudget Debate Sparks Chaos in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies
By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies debated over potential changes to the country’s Income Tax Law on Tuesday, Oct. 19, particularly concerning areas that would cause civil society organizations (CSOs) to receive less donations, differences between the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and opposition parties resulted in a number of unprofessional situations, including deputies turning their backs and
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