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AMLO Extends a Hand to the INE
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Zaldivar Law Passes, Chief Justice’s Term Extended
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite protests from legalists, constitutionalists and lawmakers alike — including from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) own leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party — the president’s “initiative” to extend the four-year term of Supreme Court Chief Justice Zalvídar easily passed the Mexican Congress on Friday, April 23. The controversial bill, which extends Zaldívar’s stint another two
Read moreFormer INE Counselor Warns AMLO’s Attacks Threaten Democracy
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues with his quest to rewrite the Mexican Constitution, undo the energy reform implemented by his predecessor, grasp control of all three powers of government and stack the Congress with even more of his leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) cohorts, the National Electoral Institute (INE) is
Read moreAMLO, Kamala Harris Set to Meet May 7
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a virtual conference on Friday, May 7. The main topic of conversation during that meeting will be the growing migration crisis, which has led to a flood of undocumented migrants — including many unaccompanied minors — crossing
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But I’m Not Dead Yet!
Read moreMr. AMLO Goes (Virtually) to Washington…Late
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There is no doubt that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) likes to hear the sound of his own voice. Some of his daily monologue-press conferences (which are already programmed to run for two hours straight) have been known to drag on for up to four and a half hours. And once López Obrador gets going
Read moreCandidacy of Raul Morón Gets Second Review
By DAMIÁN ESCALANTE Mexico’s Superior Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) on Wednesday, April 21, decided to give the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) precandidate for the governorship of Michoacán Raúl Morón one more chance at a shot for his candidacy, a privilege it did not extend to his Guerrero counterpart, Félix Salgado Macedonio. TEPJF Magistrate Mónica Aralí Soto Fregoso proposed once again
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Félix “El Toro” Salgado Macedonio Meets His Match
Read moreWhen You Are Constantly Rewriting the Constitution to Your Liking…
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During his daily bully pulpit spiel on Monday, April 19, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was asked by one of his faithful followers whether he considered the proposed extension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar’s term of office a potential violation of the Mexican Constitution. Not surprisingly, AMLO, who “suggested” (read, “mandated”) the extension
Read moreAncira Goes Free after Agreeing to Repay Sale of Fertilizer Plant
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A full two and a half months after being extradited back to Mexico from Spain, Alonso Ancira, owner of the Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) steel foundry plant in Monterrey, Nuevo León, left prison late Monday, April 19, in a black G-500 Mercedes Benz pickup truck. The businessman, who made no comment to the
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