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Commentary: Is Mexico’s president a threat to democracy?
1 year, 6 months ago

Commentary: Is Mexico’s president a threat to democracy?

LA Times  

Anti-government demonstrators protest against recent reforms pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the country’s electoral law that they believe threaten democracy, in Mexico City’s main square, the Zocalo, on Feb. 26. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would like us all to believe that he is the messiah that has come to save his country from the tentacles …

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Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy

LA Times  

Huge crowds protested on Feb. 26, 2023, in Mexico City against the passage of reforms last week that drastically downsizes the country’s electoral institute. “We always knew that they were tricking us, that the candidate that was always going to win was from the PRI.” Demonstrators in Mexico City wore pink, the color of the nation’s electoral institute, and chanted, …

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Mexico's new election reform is a blow to its young democracy
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico's new election reform is a blow to its young democracy

NPR  

Mexico's new election reform is a blow to its young democracy EYDER PERALTA, HOST: Mexico is at a crossroads. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the law reins in a bloated and corrupt government agency, but critics say it is a stunning blow to Mexico's young democracy. He's the former president of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, the organization that, among …

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Mexico’s Senate passes controversial electoral reform
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico’s Senate passes controversial electoral reform

Al Jazeera  

The changes will cut the budget of the National Electoral Institute, cull staff and close offices. Mexico’s Senate has approved a reform of the country’s electoral institute, a move that opponents say will undercut democracy but which the president contends will save money and reduce political privileges. Despite the institute confirming his landslide victory in 2018, Lopez Obrador has repeatedly …

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