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 RICARDO CASTILLO A mystery shadow is lingering over the future performance of Mexico’s currently leading political party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), in the 2021 midterm elections. Keep in mind that on Wednesday, Sept. 9, the National Electoral Institute (INE) will notify all political parties in Mexico to get their candidates for office on line to be sworn in
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Suits Filed against Polevnsky A suit for charges of fraud worth 809 million pesos and money laundering was filed Wednesday, June, 18 by the temporary presidency of Mexico’s incumbent National Regeneration Party (Morena) against its former president, Yeidckol Polevnsky. The suit was filed before the office of the Mexican Fiscal General (FGR). At the same time, the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Banxico Foresees -8.8 Growth for 2020 The Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) presented three separate scenarios for the country’s 2020 economic growth, marking a drastic difference between the “benevolent” and the “drastic” potential outcomes. Banxico’s benevolent forecast said that the Mexican gross domestic product (GDP) would slump by “only” -4.2 percent, while the drastic one put the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Has inner peace finally enlightened Mexico’s previously brawling National Regeneration Movement political party, best known as Morena? At least Morena’s new interim president, Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar, said it has, but two very rowdy ladies don’t think so. (Note: For background on the topic, please read my previous article in Pulse News Mexico, “Orphaned Morena’s Democratic Schism.”) On
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There are two ways of looking at Mexico’s 2021 midterm elections: On the one hand, there will be the anticipated participation of the country’s seven existing political parties. On the other, there are still-undetermined organizations seeking registration with the National Electoral Institute (INE), and it is not clear whether they will get in or not. According to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There have been several interpretations to what happened on Sunday, Jan. 26, during the “National Congress” held by one block of Mexico’s National Regeneration Movement (Morena) political party led by Bertha Luján, in which the “assembly” voted in Alfonso Ramírez Cuellar as “interim president,” with the job of paving the way to hold smooth elections
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By RICARDO CASTILLO March for Truth, Justice and Peace The several thousand participants in the so-called March for Truth, Justice and Peace on Sunday, Jan. 26, were demanding that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government come up with a strategy to put an end to the apparently endless and seemingly eternal rising number of murders that Mexico is
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Additional Tag-ons to the USMCA No sooner had U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to the House of Representatives for a vote on Friday, Dec. 13, than Democratic Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MA) introduced initiative HR5430, which tags five U.S. inspectors to oversee union elections in private companies in Mexico. Immediately, Mexico’s USMCA
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … A quick review of the most important news items in Mexico over the last few days…
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