Mexican Supreme Court Blocks AMLO’s Express Permits for Flagship Projects
In a six-to-five vote, Mexico’s highest court declared the presidential decree illegal and invalid
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AMLO Seeks Revenge against SCJN via Public Referendum
Following the Mexican Supreme Court’s invalidation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial Plan B electoral reform, the federal executive aims to seek revenge against the court by means of public referendum
Read moreSupreme Court Rules Plan B Electoral Reform Invalid
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
Read moreAMLO Chides Judges for Being ‘Disobedient’
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Apparently unaware the fact that Mexican law still provides for a separation of powers and that the judicial system does not take orders from the executive branch, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Friday, Sept. 2, chided the nation’s Supreme Court (SCJN) justices for not approving and rubberstamping the decisions and reforms made by his government.
Read moreZaldívar Misrepresents SCJN’s Vote on Electric Law’s Constitutionality
By KELIN DILLON Just days after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform was blocked from passing in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, the constitutionality of his Electricity Industry Law (LIE) has now been called into question once again as it has been revealed that the head of the Supreme Court (SCJN), Arturo Zaldívarm incorrectly registered the votes
Read moreSupreme Court Goes after Elecktra, Hank Rohn for Back Taxes
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday Jan. 19, determined that Grupo Elektra, one of the country’s leading financial and commercial services corporations, owned by businessman Ricardo Salinas, must pay 2.636 billion pesos in back taxes for a credit derived from alleged illegal deductions in the company’s annual income tax declaration for 2006. After nearly four
Read moreRadical Moves at Mexican Customs
By RICARDO CASTILLO Upon turning over the care of the country’s customs service to the military on July 17 in Manzanillo port, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) finished his statement by saying that the times of “el que no transa, no avanza” (“he who does not double deal does not avance”) are over. The saying is a favorite
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By RICARDO CASTILLO No Changes in Energy Laws After U.S. Ambassador Christopher Landau, echoing both U.S. and European energy investors, voiced concern over changes in Mexican energy regulations, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) denied that there had been any changes and vowed to respect all contracts from the previous administration. Landau also said that this was “not a
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By RICARDO CASTILLO “Iron Lady” Named Tax Collector Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez was appointed as Mexico’s new Tributary Administration Service (SAT) director on Thursday, Dec. 18, by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). She replaces Margarita Ríos-Farjat, now the 11th member of the Supreme Court of the Nation. Buenrostro (whose last name literally means Good Face) was promoted to the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Throws Himself a Party Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) attracted over 70,000 cheering fans at Mexico City’s main square, El Zócalo, on Sunday, Dec. 1. They all came to hear him review his first year in office, as well as see how he has managed to comply with 89 of his 100 electoral campaign
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