WSJ Calls Xochitl Gálvez AMLO’s Worst Nightmare
AMLO’s hopes to continue governing the country through a proxy chosen by himself could be dashed as a result of his own efforts to discredit Gálvez, the WSJ said
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Va por México and PRI Senate Block Plagued by Resignations
Disagreements over the coalition’s rules for the selection of its presidential candidate and dissatisfaction with party leadership has caused a wave of resignations across Va por México and the PRI’s ranks
Read moreAMLO Goes for the Judiciary’s Jugular as Plan B Payback
López Obrador’s outrage against the Supreme Court justice’s invalidation of his Plan B electoral reform has put a new enemy in his sights: the Supreme Court itself
Read moreWoldenberg, the Democrat
By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Without having dealt with him closely, without actually having been his friend, I feel a distant brotherhood with political scientist José Woldenberg, who served as the first president of Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). Our initial trajectories were different. I belong to the generation of 1968 and I leaned toward liberalism early on. He belongs to the
Read moreMexico’s Chamber of Deputies Approves Keeping Army on Streets until 2028
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies — whose majority bloc consists of members of the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — approved on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 14, a proposal to use the Armed Forces for public security tasks until 2028. Yolanda de la Torre, a deputy of the centralist Institutional
Read moreSantiago Creel, Alejandro Armenta Voted as Congress, Senate Presidents
By MARK LORENZANA The plenary session of Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, Aug. 31, ratified the appointment of Santiago Creel as president of the board of directors of the legislative precinct of San Lázaro, while Alejandro Armenta was elected as president of the Mexican Senate. Creel, of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), was elected unanimously as president of
Read moreAMLO Calls Violence-Marred Morena Elections ‘an Act of Democracy’
OPINION By MARK LORENZANA In October 2005, Felipe Calderón defeated Santiago Creel in the primary of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), and went on to become the standard bearer for the PAN in the 2006 Mexican general election. Calderón won 58 percent of the vote, while former Interior Secretary Santiago Creel received 33 percent. Former Environment Secretary Alberto Cardenas
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Gags on Twitter and Facebook? A bill to “regulate the performance of social networks” in Mexico is due to be introduced in Congress this week by Senator Ricardo Monreal. The proposed bill would regulate social network companies like Twitter and Facebook on a national scale and would prevent them from censuring accounts of people or entities that
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