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When the Court Was Servile
Although over time the Supreme Court had been less subservient to the executive than Congress, it genuflected several times between 1970 and 1994
Read moreAll the Kings Horses
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO These days, the political gossip churners in Mexico have a new favorite target: Federal Deputy Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, alias “Alito” (short for Alejandro), who is the both the current president of the once-mighty Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, which ruled the country without interruptions from 1929 to 2000), and the leader of the remaining 70 PRI deputies in
Read moreAMLO’S Back-to-the-Future Succession Plan
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) appointment of former Tabasco Governor Adán Augusto López Hernández to replace Olga Sánchez Cordero to head the nation’s Interior Secretariat (Segob) smacks of political maneuvering and foreshadows further plans to restructure the presidential team with an undeniable hint of succession. At first it seemed that López Hernández appointment was just
Read moreTaiwanese Rep in Mexico Holds National Day Reception
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The Taiwanese people consider themselves to be an independent nation, although their sovereignty is sorely contested by China.
Read moreFormer Presidents Lose Pension, Military Protection
By RICARDO CASTILLO Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not yet president of Mexico, but he’s already indirectly issued his first executive order through the Mexican Senate. On Monday, Nov. 6, his first fully fulfilled campaign promise to strip former presidents of their juicy pension went into effect as Senate President Martí Batres ordered the publication in the Official Gazette of the
Read moreTaiwanese Envoy to Mexico Asks for Overdue Reciprocity
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ever since Mexico first adopted its now-antiquated One-China policy back in 1972 under then-President Luis Echeverría, the island nation of Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China, or ROC) has been patiently waiting for the Land of the Aztec Pyramids to wake up and recognize the fact that, not only does Mexico have a lot more in common
Read morePorfirio Muñoz Ledo, Under the Limelight Again at Age 85
By RICARDO CASTILLO The new Chamber of Deputies president, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, is a master of political discourse and parliamentary procedures. During the “installation” (to use the Mexican term for inauguration) of the two houses of Congress last Saturday, Sept. 1, Porfirio, at age 85, presided over the inaugural process of the 64th Legislature. And in so doing, he showed his experience
Read moreMexican Tycoons Go Beserk Over AMLO’s Lead
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s top tycoons are slamming down the electoral panic button! One after another, the owners of the nation’s top fortunes are asking their employees to “weigh the balance” (sopesar, in Spanish) of their vote and vote for continuity and stability. What does that mean? Do not vote for the Together We’ll Make History three-party coalition candidate Andrés
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