Mexican Supreme Court Blocks AMLO’s Express Permits for Flagship Projects
In a six-to-five vote, Mexico’s highest court declared the presidential decree illegal and invalid
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Imported Vegetables and Select Food Products Now Tariff-Free
By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican federal government on Thursday, Oct. 20, published a list of products that can be imported into the country duty-free as part of President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador’s (AMLO) move to combat inflation, and to curb rising prices that are affecting the basic basket of food items in Mexico. On the night of Wednesday, Oct. 19, a presidential decree was
Read moreSenate Endorses Militarizing National Guard amid Fears of Growing Abuse
By MARK LORENZANA The military has long been on the list of untouchables in Mexico. The Mexican National Guard (GN) might soon be added to that list. On Friday, Sept. 9, the Mexican Senate approved a legislation transferring control of the GN to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), a contentious move that has sparked outrage from human rights groups
Read moreCitizen Concerns on Militarization Grow amid GN Budget Increases
By KELIN DILLON Mexican citizens are reportedly becoming increasingly concerned about Mexico’s perceived militarization following President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) unilateral decision to expand the National Guard’s (GN) budget and recently discussed intentions to absorb the group into Mexico’s Secretariat of Defense (Sedena), which would turn the National Guard from civilian command to military control by way of presidential
Read moreBeatriz Paredes Throws Hat into Ring for 2024 Presidential Elections
By MARK LORENZANA Senator Beatriz Paredes of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expressed her interest in seeking the presidency of Mexico in 2024 with the Va por México coalition — an electoral alliance composed of the PRI, the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) — to challenge the ruling party of
Read moreDemocracy in Mexico Continues to Erode under AMLO
OPINION By MARK LORENZANA The word democracy is a combination of two Greek words: demos, which means “people” and kratos, which means “rule.” The ancient Greeks, after all, are credited with inventing democracy as a form of government. In Mexico, though, “the rule of the people” has been steadily replaced by the rule of one man — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).
Read moreAMLO Announces Release of Prisoners to House Arrest
By KELIN DILLON During his daily press conference on the morning of Thursday, July 29, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced he would be releasing a significant portion of Mexico’s prisoner population out of cells and back into society based on specific guidelines. Via a presidential decree, prisoners over the age of 65 with health issues and those
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