Luy’s Lines
Mexico’s Morning Magician
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Mexico’s Morning Magician
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By MARK LORENZANA For Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the recent acts of violence in the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Guanajuato and Jalisco that left hundreds of people dead and property destroyed is but “an act of propaganda by criminal groups that my political opponents are taking advantage of.” In his daily morning press conference on
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OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Former Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos was visiting a capital in the southeast of the country. As he got off the plane, the governor showed him the eight columns of a local newspaper that criticized the president. “What is this idiot (an obesity was actually used instead of the word “idiot”) thinking?” said López Mateos in
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By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) daily morning press conferences at the National Palace have turned into quite the spectacle of his “I’m right, you’re wrong” mentality, perfectly showcased via his weekly lambastment of the country’s most respected publications in the new “Who’s Who in Media Lies of the Week” segment, one journalist came prepared
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There is no doubt that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) likes to hear the sound of his own voice. Some of his daily monologue-press conferences (which are already programmed to run for two hours straight) have been known to drag on for up to four and a half hours. And once López Obrador gets going
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Rumors Abound Ever since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced in a tweet on Sunday, Jan. 24, that he had tested positive for coivd-19 and had gone into quarantine, countless rumors have been flying across the media and gossip mills as to the validity of his announcement. Some critics suggested that AMLO had not, in
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