The Prickly Pears of Sicily
Centuries of Spanish domination left cultural traces of obvious similarity in both territories
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The Popular Vote for Mexico’s Supreme Court Justices?
The specific work that is invoked is “The Constitution of 1857 and its Critics,” which Cosío Villegas published in 1957
Read moreWhen the Court Was Servile
Although over time the Supreme Court had been less subservient to the executive than Congress, it genuflected several times between 1970 and 1994
Read moreA Historic Moment for Mexico’s Supreme Court
Now, as the INE and the TEPJF face erosion under the new Plan B electoral reform, Mexico’s Supreme Court has a unique historic opportunity to safeguard, with the Constitution well in hand, the integrity of those key arbitrators
Read moreMexico’s (Almost) Forgotten Holiday
Unlike the constitutions that had preceded it, the 1917 charter encompassed a wide range of cutting-edge social reforms
Read moreA Legion of Citizens
Whoever wins, we will not give up democracy. Battered and all, democracy will prevail
Read moreThe Mexican Senate’s Hour of Truth
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Mexico’s Senate has in its hands the future of Mexican democracy. Will it allow the nation to suffer the greater damage caused by the electoral legislation that was sent by the Chamber of Deputies? Or will it, in this crucial hour, assume its historic duty to represent the interests and will of the Mexican people? Maybe
Read moreMexico Observes Anniversary of Revolution with Big Sale Weekend
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s Día de la Revolución (Revolution Day) officially falls on Nov. 20, but in recent years, the holiday is usually observed on the third Monday of the month in order to allow workers to enjoy a long weekend holiday. This year, it is being celebrated as a national holiday on Monday, Nov. 21. The holiday commemorates the
Read moreThe Little Town that Could, and Did, and Then Didn’t, and Now Wants to Again
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a tourist destination, Iguala, the little town in the northeastern corner of the Mexican coastal state of Guerrero, gets a bad rap. Irreparably linked to the 2014 disappearance of 43 rural teachers’ college students who were allegedly disappeared by government forces in the nearby town of Ayotzinapa after they had commandeered a bus to travel
Read moreAMLO Government Seeks to Appropriate Santa Fe Properties
By MARK LORENZANA The federal government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), through Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), is seeking to appropriate several private properties from the major business district of Santa Fe, located in the Cuajimalpa de Morelos and Álvaro Obregón boroughs of Mexico City — but without paying compensation to the owners. The López
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