OAS Condemns Ecuador’s Raid on Mexican Embassy
OAS resolution recommended that Mexico and Ecuador “initiate a dialogue and take immediate actions to resolve this serious matter constructively”
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OAS Emphasizes INE’s Importance to Mexican Democracy in New Report
By KELIN DILLON According to a new 214-page report on Mexico’s June 2021 national and local electoral processes prepared by the Organization of American States (OAS), Mexico’s autonomous electoral organization, the National Electoral Institute (INE) – which is controversially facing potential closure under proposed electoral reforms – “facilitated the holding of the largest elections in the history of Mexico,” a
Read moreThe Summit of the Americas and an Indecisive AMLO
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO Just a week before it is set to start, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has yet to decide whether he will attend the June 6 Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California. Over this weekend, AMLO had several opportunities to make a statement as to whether he will attend, but instead kept repeating
Read moreVa Por México Alleges Criminal Intervention in 2021 Elections
By KELIN DILLON In a new filing with the Organization of American States (OAS), Mexico’s three-party Va por México alliance consisting of the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), has accused Mexican organized crime of interfering with the nation’s 2021 electoral process through ballot box stuffing, violence and intimidation,
Read moreCELAC Summit Turns into Shouting Match, Global Fiasco
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The sixth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace on Saturday, Sept. 18, turned into a daylong shouting match between leftist and conservative leaders, overshadowing any hopes of real regional unity and shining a negative light on AMLO’s already-dubious international
Read moreVa por México Denounces Persecution of Anaya, Opposition
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Va Por México alliance, which consists of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), denounced its opposition, the in-power leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) for using the country’s judicial branch to persecute its opponents and critics, specifically referring to the new charges
Read moreVa Por México Denounces Cartel Meddling in Elections
By KELIN DILLON The members of the Va Por México alliance, which consists of centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), announced they would be going to the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday, Aug. 23 to denounce the involvement of organized crime in Mexico’s electrol
Read moreAMLO Trashes OAS, Calls for New Latin American Unity
XINHUA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, July 14, called for “a new coexistence” of all the countries of the Americas to replace the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS). Speaking before a summit of the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) at Chapultepec Castle, the president went on to state the OAS model
Read morePAN, PRI, PRD to Denounce Electoral Violence to OAS
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s “Va por México” alliance, consisting of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), and centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), will reportedly go to the Organization of American States (OAS) to denounce the violence in the country surrounding the nation’s elections. The parties claim the drastic uptick in violence before
Read moreEbrard Picks Fight with OAS Head, OAS Head Responds in Kind
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard didn’t mince words when he verbally slammed the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, on Friday, June 4, just two days prior to the country’s midterm elections. During a morning press conference, Ebrard was asked to explain what role the OAS would play in monitoring
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