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What’s Ahead after Mexico’s Midterm Vote?
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreWSJ Calls Mexico’s Midterm Elections ‘a Vote for Democracy’
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In yet another scathing international media report on Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) autocratic policies, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an editorial on Tuesday, June 8, calling Mexico’s June 6 midterm elections “a vote for democracy against the president’s radical ambitions.” In the front-page editorial, titled “Mexico Checks AMLO’s Power” and credited to the WSJ editorial
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AMLO Returns to Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies
Read moreThe View from the North: AMLO’s Midterm Election Blues
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexico held its largest midterm elections in history on Sunday, June 6, and the results weren’t great news for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). While his leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) did gain political territory by winning 11 or 15 governorships up for grabs, the party lost large swathes of ground in Mexico City and
Read more40 Million Mexicans Head to the Polls
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite countless physical and verbal assaults, numerous alleged kidnappings and the murders of at least 90 politicians over the pre-election campaigns, Mexico held its largest national polling Sunday, June 6, with relatively little violence and minimal political snags. Polls across the country opened at 8 a.m. sharp, with an estimated 40 million eligible voters
Read moreWhat’s Behind AMLO’s Ever-Increasing Disdain for Democracy?
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF There seems to be no bounds when it comes to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) tenacious obsession with keeping his leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party in power. As El Universal columnist and FOROtv news anchor Ana Paula Ordorica pointed out in a May 19 article for Americas Quarterly magazine, even when
Read moreViolence Rages On 12 Days Before Mexico’s Elections
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s already-bloody electoral campaign season saw yet another tragedy on Tuesday, May 25, when Alma Rosa Barragán, the Citizen’s Movement mayoral candidate for Moroleón, Guanajuato, was assassinated during a campaign rally, continuing the electoral violence with just 12 days left until the midterm elections on June 6. Barragán was gunned down in open fire by a group
Read moreAMLO Warns OAS to Steer Clear of Intervention in Mexican Elections
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday, May 20, warned the Organization of American States (OAS) against trying to interfere in Mexico’s upcoming midterm elections. Speaking during his daily morning press conference, AMLO said that any attempt by the OAS to “interfere” in Mexico’s electoral process will be seen as “an aggression against
Read moreTime for a Broader Bilateral Relationship
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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