PULSE NEWS MEXICO Starting at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, and heading from Mexico City’s Angel of Independence Monument to the Monument to the Revolution, tens of thousands of people marched in defense of democracy and the National Electoral Institution (INE) despite an environmental contingency imposed by the pro-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) capital governor, Claudia Sheinbaum.
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By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Without having dealt with him closely, without actually having been his friend, I feel a distant brotherhood with political scientist José Woldenberg, who served as the first president of Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). Our initial trajectories were different. I belong to the generation of 1968 and I leaned toward liberalism early on. He belongs to the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The behemoth New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) project was declared defunct on Monday, Oct. 29, by President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) after the “no” vote triumphed overwhelmingly during the four-day (Oct. 25 through Oct. 28) national consultation poll carried out by the now-ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) political party. The airport construction, at about 20 percent completion (32
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The open referendum to approve or disapprove the no-binding construction of the New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) started on Thursday, Oct. 25, and will end on Sunday, Oct. 28. In case you’re not tuned into the situation, which is the nation’s largest and noisiest gossip topic nowadays, here are some of the pro and con opinions regarding the controversial
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