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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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The World Briefly

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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The World Briefly

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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The World Briefly

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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The World Briefly

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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The World Briefly

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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