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December 19, 2022

The Hand That Feeds

Mexico

Mexican lawmakers have passed a reform bill that would cut funding for the country’s electoral authority, a move critics warn will undermine the institution’s independence and its ability to organize elections, the Financial Times reported. The bill is part of a push by populist President Andrés...

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November 16, 2022

Orchestrating Democracy

Mexico

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Mexico this week to protest against President Andres Manuel López Obrador's controversial proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral commission, which many fear will hand too much power to the government, Reuters reported. The proposed reform would...

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November 14, 2022

Negative Advertising

Mexico

The Mexican government raised eyebrows this week after officials released a national anti-drug ad campaign focused on the city of Philadelphia, the Associated Press reported. The videos did not specifically identify the city or any neighborhood but the places portrayed in the ads showed scenes of...

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October 28, 2022

Legislating Time

Mexico

Mexican lawmakers voted to eliminate daylight saving time this week, a move that ends the turning of the clock twice a year, the New York Times reported Thursday. Under the new measure, daylight saving time will not apply to the majority of the country. That means...

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October 05, 2022

Across the Rio Grande

Mexico

A US federal court rejected the Mexican government’s $10 billion lawsuit against US-based gun manufacturers, which accused the companies of facilitating the trafficking of weapons across the US-Mexico border to drug cartels, Reuters reported. Last year, the Mexican government sued a number of gunmakers, including Smith...

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September 29, 2022

The Big Stall

Mexico

The special prosecutor investigating the 2014 kidnapping and disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico resigned this week, a move that raised concerns among the students’ families about the lagging pace of the long-running probe, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced...

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September 13, 2022

Big Boost

Mexico

Mexican lawmakers passed a bill this week that would transfer the control of the civilian-led National Guard to the military, a move that many critics warn will give the army too much power and lead to abuses, Al Jazeera reported. The move comes nearly a month...

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The World Briefly

August 22, 2022

A Breakthrough

Mexico

Mexican authorities arrested the country’s former attorney general Friday over his alleged role in the mass kidnappings of 43 students in 2014, a major move by the government as it grapples to resolve one of the worst human rights scandals in recent decades, the Washington...

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The World Briefly

August 16, 2022

The General’s Generals

Mexico

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is attempting to introduce a constitutional amendment to extend the military’s control over policing, a move that many critics called a slide toward authoritarianism, the Associated Press reported. López Obrador proposed plans to make the quasi-military National Guard a part...

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July 08, 2022

‘God’s Clock’

Mexico

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador submitted a bill this week that would end daylight savings time in Mexico, a move that some economists warned could cause market disruptions, the Associated Press reported. The bill would put an end to the practice of changing clocks twice...

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June 07, 2022

The Golden Goose

Mexico

The party of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador won four of six governorships in the country’s regional elections, a victory that further consolidates its power ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, the Associated Press reported Monday. Results showed that López Obrador’s National Regeneration Movement –...

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Need to Know

April 29, 2022

The War Without a Name

Mexico

A Mexican drug gang recently left six severed heads on a car roof in order to intimidate rival dealers who might try to infringe on claimed turf in the southern Mexican town of Chilapa de Alvarez. "In Chilapa selling crystal, kidnapping, extortion and stealing are strictly...

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April 27, 2022

No, Big Brother

Mexico

Mexico’s Supreme Court struck down a 2021 law that would have ordered cellphone companies to collect biometric data from their customers in an effort to fight phone crime in the country, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The court ruled that the request to collect data such...

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April 19, 2022

We’re Open

Mexico

Mexico’s president failed to secure enough votes in parliament to amend the constitution and implement a sweeping energy reform bill, which had spooked investors and the United States, the Financial Times reported Monday. Opposition lawmakers in the lower house voted against the legislation, denying President Andrés...

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April 12, 2022

Symbolic Victory

Mexico

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador overwhelmingly won Sunday’s recall referendum, a plebiscite that he himself had proposed to ask voters whether he should step down or continue his six-year term, the Wall Street Journal reported. The country’s electoral agency said that more than 90 percent...

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