By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Throws Himself a Party Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) attracted over 70,000 cheering fans at Mexico City’s main square, El Zócalo, on Sunday, Dec. 1. They all came to hear him review his first year in office, as well as see how he has managed to comply with 89 of his 100 electoral campaign
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The Chamber of Deputies has approved the 2020 budget, which helps social programs and cuts funding for autonomous institutions…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … Several recent polls have shown a not-so-surprising drop in the popularity of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The election of the new head of Mexico’s National Commission for Human Rights was a dramatic show from beginning to end…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The past six months have been hectic for Mexico and its Congress as they worked to approve several constitutional amendments that will help ease the nation’s transition into what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) calls the Fourth Transformation, now popularly mentioned as 4T. Apparently – and this is an educated guess only – AMLO has plans
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Echoes of the mysterious meeting Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had with Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last March 19 are now thundering across the political landscape. The following day, as reported by Pulse News Mexico, AMLO said, “Basically, we dealt with the issue of (joint) development cooperation, and about the possible signing of a
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite serious concerns expressed by both national and international civil and human rights organizations, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial new security force, the National Guard (GN), is expected to be implemented within a week, but will remain on hold for a few more days. “We have decided to wait until the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The first complete draft for a viable law that allows for military participation in civilian policing activities was unanimously approved by the Mexican Senate last week. That step, however, is only the first move for the bill. Originally, the lower house Chamber of Deputies had sent a draft that had been sent to them by President Andrés
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite condemnation from Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), as well as the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Mexican Congress approved a bill on Tuesday, Feb. 19, that adds nine new charges to the list of crimes for which suspects must be held without the possibility of bail, including electoral fraud and fuel
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) on Tuesday, Feb. 19, called President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed National Guard (Guardia Nacional, or GN) security force “impertinent” and “unviable.” In a scathing written statement issued to the Senate, where debate over the creation of the controversial security force (which would be an amalgamation of
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