By RICARDO CASTILLO The first of three periods dictated by Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) will come to an end on Sunday, Feb. 11. This period was to denote both political alliances and carry out what in the United States would be considered primaries to select officials running for office. Over the next five months, the INE has programmed two more periods.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Just five months away from Mexico’s July 1 presidential election, the contending hopefuls are pretty much well-defined. Nevertheless, it’s worth a recap on the ongoing procedures as outlined by the National Electoral Institute (INE) to know the order of things and the rules of the game at hand. The INE programed the electoral calendar to take place in
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By RICARDO CASTILLLO Did Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto make a big mistake when he appointed José Antonio Meade Kuribreña as the candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) for the 2018 presidential elections? A growing number of observers in Mexico think so. It was considered very strange when, about a week ago, candidate Meade launched a full
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The Mexican presidential hopefuls are haggling over everything – from the price of corn tortillas to fuels. But there is still one issue that remains that is crucial for them to make a definition on, and that’s the recent Internal Security Law (LSI), approved by Congress but sent by President Enrique Peña Nieto to the Supreme Court
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A good question is why would the PRI choose Meade – a nonmilitant who is not even a party member – as its potential candidate?
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