OPINION By JUAN DE JESÚS BREEN Once again the U.S.-based Cato Institute thinktank — for the seventh year in a row — has published its yearly Human Freedom Index, known to political science students as the HFI. The index measures 165 countries on 12 freedoms: rule of law, security and safety, movement, religion, civil society, expression, relationships, government size, legal
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform — which would prioritize the use of state-run carbon-based fuels over private, clean-sourced energy — passes, the federal budget could lose up to 261 billion pesos in 2022, according to the Center for Economic and Budgetary Research (CIEP), Mexico’s top independent thinktank. In
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO’s Washington Itinerary Here are a few things we know about Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) scheduled visit to the White House on Wednesday, July 8. Previously to his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Mexican head of state will visit two monuments: a statue of Benito Juárez and the Abraham Lincoln Monument. Later,
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