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Zaldivar Law Passes, Chief Justice’s Term Extended

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis 4 comments

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

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Former INE Counselor Warns AMLO’s Attacks Threaten Democracy

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Pulse News Mexico One comment

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

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AMLO, Kamala Harris Set to Meet May 7

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Pulse News Mexico One comment

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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Mr. AMLO Goes (Virtually) to Washington…Late

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis 3 comments

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

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Mexico News Roundup

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis 2 comments

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Vaccine Chaos The covid-19 vaccine rollout in Mexico, which began in December of last year, has been chaotic, to say the least, with allegations of empty syringes, vaccine hoarding, preferential administration for government workers and political maneuvering. Currently, the government is dishing up a hodgepodge of both one-dose and two-dose vaccines (some internationally verified, some not) from

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Posted on April 16, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis Leave a comment

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS INE Tells AMLO to Respect Democratic Process Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his bosom buddy Félix Salgado Macedonio just don’t know how to take “no” for an answer. After Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) banned Salgado Macedonio from running for governor of the Pacific state of Guerrero as AMLO’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena)

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Posted on April 12, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis One comment

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS No Vaccines for Doctors Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is busy bragging about his administration’s rollout of its mishmash covid vaccines, claiming that it is on course to inoculate all the nation’s elderly population by the end of April (which it is not; there are numerous cases of eligible Mexicans who registered on the government’s online

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Posted on April 9, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis Leave a comment

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Thugs in Uniforms Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) ever-expanding army of National Guard (GN) troops has been flexing its muscles in a violent show of force against civilians, proving once again that unbridled military power is a threat to the nation and the Mexican people alike. In just the last month alone, members of AMLO’s

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Posted on April 7, 2021 by Thérèse Margolis One comment

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A Shot of Nothing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) seems to be more obsessed over the incident in which one elderly woman in the northwestern state of Sonora was given an “empty” covid-19 vaccine injection last month than he claims the media is. The alleged mistake occurred when an apparently overworked nursing student accidently jabbed a

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Mexico’s Midterm Election Campaigns Begin

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Kelin Dillon One comment

By KELIN DILLON The official campaigns for Mexico’s upcoming June 2021 midterm elections kicked off in the wee hours of Sunday, April 4, as 21,000 official government seats are up for the vote. Due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the electoral process has looked a little different this year, with many candidates opting to hold virtual rallies to maintain social

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