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By Kurt Hackbarth Following its landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential elections, the MORENA coalition is wasting no time in getting to work. Even before president-elect […]

The hosts of Soberanía: The Mexican Politics podcast Kurth Hackbarth and José Luis Granados Ceja appear on Left Reckoning to discuss AMLO’s final days in […]

José Luis and Kurt join Class, the official podcast of the National Political Education Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, to discuss Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory […]

by David Raby Mexico’s success under AMLO (President Andrés Manuel López Obrador) has been remarkable, with a wide array of new welfare programmes, public works […]

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO made it clear that the ruling by Judge Martha Magaña ordering the definitive suspension of the legislative process to approve the Judicial Reform has no legal basis. And to counteract the misinformation about the proposal, he said that it is not true that he wants the judicial branch of government to be subordinate to the executive branch, since what is being sought is its true independence; the President said that regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential elections, there will be good relations with President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum; Minister of Public Administration Roberto Salcedo presented a report on the only case of corruption that occurred during the current presidential administration, the fraud in Segalmex, which caused losses of 2.70 billion pesos (US$135 million). The MInistry filed the relevant criminal complaints with the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) so that the corresponding sanctions can be determined.

Contents: «The Border Crossed Me” — Meizhu Lui, for the editorial team Voices: A Chicano Looks at Immigration from Mexico — Interview with Bill Gallegos, […]

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador welcomed the approval of the Judicial Reform in the Chamber of Deputies. He pointed out that the conservative sector that opposes it has no moral, legal, or political grounds to reject the transformation of the country’s judicial system and condemned the Supreme Court justices who went on strike, without grounds but with pay; in presenting a balance sheet of the delivery of social program payments, the Minister of Well-Being Ariadna Montiel reported that as of September, there are over 14.43 million beneficiaries, for whom more than US$26.88 billion will have been invested during 2024; in the Who’s Who is Lies segment it was reported that: it is not true that the Judicial Reform inhibits new investments due to lack of legal certainty; it is false that private property has been eliminated in Mexico City due to the amendments to the capital's constitution regarding Private, Public, and Social Property; it is not the case that job creation closed the first half of the year with negative numbers.