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All the (Former) Presidents’ Men (and an Ex-President to Boot)

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO What was the political gossip this week in Mexico? Definitely, the “denunciations” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made of nine past officials for stealing money from the near-bankrupt, still-government-run electricity monopoly, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). As we covered in Pulse News Mexico, on Monday, Feb. 11, the president, during his daily press conference at the National Palace in downtown Mexico City,

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The Rise and Fall of the Mexican Partycracy Political System

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Ricardo Castillo One comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO It was 30 years ago that Mexico took a veritable turn towards becoming a democratic system. At the time, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) still ruled the nation. Yet the man who became president on Dec. 1, 1988, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, noticed that the lights had changed and that the PRI had to let go of

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Former Presidents Lose Pension, Military Protection

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not yet president of Mexico, but he’s already indirectly issued his first executive order through the Mexican Senate. On Monday, Nov. 6, his first fully fulfilled campaign promise to strip former presidents of their juicy pension went into effect as Senate President Martí Batres ordered the publication in the Official Gazette of the

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Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, Under the Limelight Again at Age 85

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO The new Chamber of Deputies president, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, is a master of political discourse and parliamentary procedures. During the “installation” (to use the Mexican term for inauguration) of the two houses of Congress last Saturday, Sept. 1, Porfirio, at age 85, presided over the inaugural process of the 64th Legislature. And in so doing, he showed his experience

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AMLO’s Trio of Dubious Appointments

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s been barely a month since Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the July 1 election, and he is already raising eyebrows — not so much for his victory, but because some of the nominations he has made. Particularly grabbing attention are the appointments of several persons to his energy management cabinet. Definitely, the least

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