On March 10, the European Parliament approved a resolution “on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico”. The resolution states “Mexico has long been the most dangerous and deadliest place for journalists outside an official war zone”, is “worried about a legislative proposal was recently presented to the Congress seeking to bar any NGO that receives foreign ...
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is leading a careful adjusted war of words with the country’s northern neighbor, the United States. In his daily press conferences, AMLO, as the President is called in Mexico, is frequently accusing the US of violating Mexico’s “national sovereignty”. Mexican President: The United States has Mexican journalists on payroll On February 21, the Mexican ...
Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected to Mexico’s presidency in 2018 as the candidate of MORENA (Movement of the National Regeneration), a political party he had founded just 7 years ago. Since the elections MORENA has established itself as the major political force in the country’s political life and succeeded in maintaining its majority in the legislation in midterm elections, ...
By Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez * The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has demonstrated the importance of maintaining international cooperation for the exchange of experiences, to articulate policies and practices to reduce poverty and to promote development for the benefit of the Latin American population. As the Labor Party of Mexico, committed to the Fourth Transformation, we believe ...
The Mexican Labor Party (Partido del Trabajo) has convened to the international congress “Political Parties and a New Society” in Mexico City on October 21 – 23. This year was the 25th anniversary of the yearly held congress. Over 200 invited personalities from all over Latin America and selected countries outside the continent participated in the congress. United World International ...
Nicaragua’s decision to support Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the presidency of CELAC revealed bilateral tensions between Managua and Buenos Aires. What are the real motives? What other countries are involved in this impasse? What about the left in Latin America? On the surface On July 30, 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua reported, ...
By Mishelle Muñoz – Mexico City With thanks to Diego Ilinich Matus Taking over the presidency of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated in the ceremony in front of the Congress on December 1st, 2018: “Friends, by mandate of the people today we begin the fourth political transformation of Mexico, it may seem pretentious or exaggerated, but today a new ...
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard evaluated the so-called Merida Initiative, which regulates the strategic cooperation between his country and the US, as “dead” in an interview given to the Washington Post on July 29. The statement is the latest link in a number of Mexican steps to curb US influence inside the country as well as Latin America. “The Merida ...
The government of Mexico has celebrated the 238 anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar, “El Libertador de América” on past Saturday. The state ceremony was held in the Presidential Palace to honor Bolivar, who is considered a hero of anti-colonial struggle and Latin American unity. The ceremony took place within the framework of Mexico’s bicentennial anniversary of independence in ...
Mexico went to elections on June 6th. The electorate determined the 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower part of the bicameral parliamentary system, 15 governors of federal states and a great number of city councils and mayors. The country is governed by a federal presidential system. The current president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, widely known and cited ...