By KELIN DILLON After the tragic collapse of Mexico City’s Line 12 metro, which the public pointedly blamed on the capital’s government, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday, June 10, announced the federal government’s commitment to assist in its reconstruction and reopening. During his daily morning press conference, López Obrador said he would be meeting with Mexico City
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s historically large midterm elections, held on Sunday, June 6, have finally come to definitive results, barring a handful of cases that have necessitated recounts. More than 47.4 million people turned out for Sunday’s vote, putting the country’s citizen participation at 52.67 percent for the record-sized elections. The National Electoral Institute’s (INE) quick count of votes puts
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By KELIN DILLON With Mexico’s midterm elections fast approaching on Sunday, June 6, instances of violence against politicians has increased in turn, with the shooting of four candidates, the kidnapping of one election hopeful and the torture and execution of a political operator all happening with just days left to go before the vote. Just last week, Etellekt Consultancy revealed
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By KELIN DILLON A group of 430 intellectuals, composed of journalists, political scientists, businessmen, historians, judges and anthropologists, joined together to ask Mexico’s public to vote for the parties most likely to beat the currently in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) during the country’s midterm elections this upcoming Sunday, June 6. “Let’s be clear: It is necessary to defeat the ruling
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s June 6 midterms fast approach, an increase in violence and assassinations of candidates and politicians has seen little-to-no response from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) with any effectiveness in stopping the bloodshed. Back in March, López Obrador promised to create a plan to provide protection to aspiring politicians. Fast forward a month and a
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s northern state of Nuevo León, responsible for the country’s third-highest gross domestic product (GDP) of any federal entity, has been experiencing a highly controversial and polarized campaign season ahead of the approaching midterm elections in June, spurred on by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Because of the state’s economic and political power, Nuevo León is
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has already accumulated 13 complaints against him from Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) for infractions relating to electoral interference, based off of his well-documented outbursts against his perceived political opponents during his daily morning press conferences. The registry kept by INE’s Electoral Contentious Technical Unit (UTCE) recorded four of the
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By KELIN DILLON The official campaigns for Mexico’s upcoming June 2021 midterm elections kicked off in the wee hours of Sunday, April 4, as 21,000 official government seats are up for the vote. Due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the electoral process has looked a little different this year, with many candidates opting to hold virtual rallies to maintain social
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By KELIN DILLON Despite having written and signed an agreement with Mexico’s governors to not violate the electoral process, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continued to publicly badmouth his political opponents over the weekend, just hours before the official start of campaigns for the upcoming June midterm elections, showing his “agreement for democracy” to be nothing more than
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By KELIN DILLON Just over two months before Mexico’s June 2021 midterm elections, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced he would be doubling the pension for the nation’s elderly community gradually, until reaching 6,000 pesos every two months in 2024. AMLO also revealed the minimum age to receive the pension would go down from 68 to 65, expanding
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