By KYLIE MADRY In a new interview with Mexican daily El Universal, renowned journalist Elena Poniatowska calls out President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), saying he brings the criticism he receives upon himself. “He exposes himself (to attacks) more than any other president I’ve seen,” Poniatowska said in an interview published Wednesday, Oct. 21, “much more than (former Presidents Adolfo)
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) publicly vowed to resign from office if at least 100,000 people would march against him over the weekend, more than 180,000 Mexicans took to the street on Saturday, Oct. 3, demanding his immediate exit. To verify their numbers, over 130,000 of these protestors officially registered their
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Like in all news stories, if one does take them at face value, they can have several meanings. For instance, the mass demonstration on Saturday, May 30, to “repudiate the leadership” of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) can be interpreted from several points of view. First, the number and size of the marches, which in
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The organized Cinco de Mayo marches in different cities across Mexico on Sunday, May 5, were the first organized protests against the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). There was one in Mexico City that garnered about 15,000 participants, according to figures released by the Mexico City government, and less meaningful ones in Guadalajara and
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF For 20 full hours, traffic on both sides of the Mexico City-Pachuca Highway were blocked on Monday, Nov. 12, as several hundred residents of Tlalnepantla’s San Juan Ixhuatepec district, in the State of Mexico (Edoméx) took over the thoroughfare to protest what they claimed was an act of excessive force by police. The conflict
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Mexico’s Purple Glitter Dust Rebellion
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