While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pivoted from his defunct constitutional electoral reform to change some of Mexico’s basic electoral laws, purported violations of the legislative process during Plan B’s passage has put the reform’s constitutionality in question at the Supreme Court
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Mexican Supreme Court Justice Alberto Pérez Dayán’s newly released analysis of the Plan B electoral reforms raise concerns surrounding violations of Mexico’s legislative process
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De Hoyos’ resume, while far from that of a career politician, speaks for itself
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Working legally and being officially on a Mexican payroll involves several checks and balances that are part of the process, so most fugitives will not apply for a formal job
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The intent is clearly to curtail tobacco use in future generations with no visible displays of tobacco products in stores, protecting children from second-hand smoke while in public
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Invariably on flights between Mexico and the United States, I meet someone traveling to Mexico for a destination wedding. Those headed down are often excited for the exotic experience. Those headed back home, especially seniors, often comment on the number of unexpected steps on challenging terrain, rides in boats to reach certain events and other
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OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Perhaps never, in its almost 135 years of history, had the Mexican town of San José de Gracia become national news, as it did back in March of this year, when social networks spread the execution of a group of people in the old revolutionary way: on a wall, in front of a platoon. But the
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OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE The Catholic Church has raised its critical voice on the distressing issue of crime in Mexico, all in good time. The call prompted me to talk with my friend, the Catholic poet Julio Hubard, about the ethical responsibility of the state to defend its citizens. Enrique Krauze: The government has wanted to surround the “hugs, not
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OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE A nuclear power invades a small, sovereign nation. The world is witness to this unjust war, minute-by-minute, image-after-image: relentless bombardments against the civilian population, harrowing testimonies, mass exoduses, scenes of indescribable pain. That alone should arouse unanimous repudiation of the aggressor and unrestricted support for the victim. But that is not the case. A current of
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There is no accounting for how Mexico’s Treasury Secretariat’s (Hacienda) Tax Administration Service (SAT) decides who to prosecute and who to let slide, other than the fact that, like all government offices directly under Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), it takes its orders from the president. On Friday, July 29, the SAT notified the internationally disgraced
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