When the Court Was Servile
Although over time the Supreme Court had been less subservient to the executive than Congress, it genuflected several times between 1970 and 1994
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The Last Coup d’État in Mexico, 100 Years Hence
By RICARDO CASTILLO At the private club called the House of Coahuila, located in the lovely southern Mexico City’s Coyoacán municipality in Churubusco, right across the street from the Interventions Museum, every May 21, we commemorate the death by way of assassination in 1920 of Coahuila-born Mexican President Venustiano Carranza. Actually, many enthusiasts even organize trips into the Puebla mountains
Read moreAmbassador Wilson’s 10 Tragic Days
By RICARDO CASTILLO One person not mentioned in Mexico during last Sunday’s official ceremony commemorating the 107th anniversary of the Feb. 9, 1913, Loyalty March was U.S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson. The ceremony held at Chapultepec Castle was a reenactment of the march led by then-democratically elected Francisco I. Madero from his home to the National Palace. The date also
Read moreAMLO Vows Not to Seek Reelection
By RICARDO CASTILLO Why exactly did Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sign a document on Tuesday, March 19, swearing not to seek reelection as president? That question has many answers, but it is extremely odd — this year being 2019, more than five and a half full years before the next presidential term — that any sitting president
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