Just three days after a member of one of Mexico’s leading political families, the Monreal Ávila clan, was shot to death in the central state of Zacatecas, a second member of the family was murdered in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, on Saturday
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The National Regeneration Movement’s political ally announced its full support for Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum ahead of the summer’s race to determine López Obrador’s successor in the 2024 elections
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The president outlined his rules for his potential successors during a private dinner on Monday, with the race kicking into a high gear the very next day with Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard’s resignation
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By KELIN DILLON Following the fallout from Sunday, Nov. 13’s March for Democracy in Mexico City, which saw hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens show up in support of the autonomous organization the National Electoral Institute (INE) against the constitutional electoral reforms proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), López Obrador has now shifted his approach accordingly and
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, who earlier this week contracted covid-19 for the second time, has been formally investigated by the National Electoral Institute (INE) for allegedly engaging in early campaigning for the June 7, 2024, Mexican presidential elections. Through an official letter, the INE asked Sheinbaum on Thursday, June 16, to clarify if she is to
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Despite its short existence in Mexican politics, the country’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, founded in 2011 by the current president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has successfully positioned itself as the country’s leading political force in all levels of government. Its popularity over the course of the last decade has marked
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and conservative National Action Party (PAN) formalized a political alliance by signing a joint coalition on Wednesday, Dec. 23. The Va Por México (Going for Mexico) alliance was officially announced by leader of the PAN’s Marko Cortés, the PRI’s Alejandro Moreno and a founding
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