AMLO Downplays Protest against New Electoral Law
López Obrador labeled those who joined the demonstration as “pure electoral racoons” who were following the orders of “white collar criminals”
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Morena Senate Candidate Declared Winner amid Fraud Charges
In the 43 municipalities of Tamaulipas, 4,777 polling stations were put up, and 4,500 members of the Mexican Army and the National Guard (GN) were deployed
Read morePlan B Could Cause Nationwide Electoral Collapse, Says INE
What Morena wants is for public servants to be able to broadcast propaganda and to contract advertising with no electoral body
Read moreDel Moral, Gómez to Contest Governorship in State of Mexico
The ruling party, the leftist National Regeneration Movement of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is looking to wrest away control of EdoMex from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Read moreMexican Human Rights Commission Attacks National Electoral Institute
By MARK LORENZANA Amid the electoral reform spearheaded by deputies from the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of Mexican President Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), which seeks to eliminate Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), the Mexican Human Rights Commission (CDNH) has labeled the INE as a “body that sabotages the will of the people,” and has claimed that “for years it
Read moreMexican Senate Endorses Move to Keep Army on Streets until 2028
By MARK LORENZANA In the midst of a debate plagued by accusations of vote buying, disqualifications and insults, the plenary session of the Mexican Senate — with the majority vote of senators under Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and their allies, as well as the majority of legislators from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Read moreMexico’s Chamber of Deputies Approves Keeping Army on Streets until 2028
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies — whose majority bloc consists of members of the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — approved on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 14, a proposal to use the Armed Forces for public security tasks until 2028. Yolanda de la Torre, a deputy of the centralist Institutional
Read moreVa Por México Suspended as Moreno Doubles Down on PRI’s Proposal
By KELIN DILLON Following days of contention between members of Mexico’s Va por México electoral alliance surrounding the Party of Institutional Revolution’s (PRI) proposal to expand the influence of the Mexican Armed forces in the streets — a move made in collaboration with the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the very party that Va por México was created to defeat
Read moreVisible Fissures Erupt from within Va por México Alliance
By KELIN DILLON When Mexico’s Va por México Alliance – a coalition of the nation’s once-dominate Party of Institutional Revolution (PRI), conservative National Action Party (PAN) and left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) – was once touted as a collaborative solution to the modern prominence of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena) upon its
Read moreThe Fray for the Nation’s Capital
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Far more contested than the candidacy for the Mexican presidency is the upcoming battle to see who will become the next governor of Mexico City. Both elections will be determined in 2024, and while the results of the presidential poll are pretty much a given — current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) leftist National
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