Violence against Press Reaches Record Numbers under AMLO
In 2022, there were 696 attacks on journalists in Mexico — at least one attack on a journalist every 13 hours
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The Best Hope for Slowing Central American Migration
By RICARDO CASTILLO Wherefore art thou, Donald Trump? In reelection limbo, it seems. Over the past two days, the president of the United States has been directing his same old capricious criticism at Mexico, alleging that the United States’ southern neighbor “is doing nothing” to stop the now very dangerous northern flow of desperate migrants from Central American countries. And
Read moreThe Word that Strikes Terror in Mexican Hearts
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s no big surprise in Mexico that a single word, taken out of context, can reek havoc nationwide. It is happening right now! Last Sunday, Sept. 16, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) began his “thank you voters” tour (which he will extend over the next month to the rest of nation for awarding him with a landslide victory
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