By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Action Party (PAN) and Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which, along with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) make up the Va Por México coalition, called out the PRI for not presenting further roadblocks to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) electric reform alongside them in a private meeting held on Monday, Oct. 4. The
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Va Por México alliance, which consists of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), denounced its opposition, the in-power leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) for using the country’s judicial branch to persecute its opponents and critics, specifically referring to the new charges
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By KELIN DILLON The members of the Va Por México alliance, which consists of centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), announced they would be going to the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday, Aug. 23 to denounce the involvement of organized crime in Mexico’s electrol
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s “Va por México” alliance, consisting of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), the left-leaning Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), and centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), will reportedly go to the Organization of American States (OAS) to denounce the violence in the country surrounding the nation’s elections. The parties claim the drastic uptick in violence before
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s historically large midterm elections, held on Sunday, June 6, have finally come to definitive results, barring a handful of cases that have necessitated recounts. More than 47.4 million people turned out for Sunday’s vote, putting the country’s citizen participation at 52.67 percent for the record-sized elections. The National Electoral Institute’s (INE) quick count of votes puts
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By KELIN DILLON A mew survey of the Mexican population conducted by El Financiero Bloomberg showed a wide divide in political party preferences within Mexico, mainly stratified based on age and level of education. The survey was conducted using 1,000 Mexicans contacted by phone in the second half of January, and particularly asked those surveyed to choose between Mexican President Andrés
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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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