18/09/2024
On June 2nd, Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first female president, gaining a 30-point lead over candidate Xochitl Galvez (PRI, PAN, and PRD, historic parties in Mexico).
30/06/2024
On June 2nd, 2024, more than 98 million Mexican citizens were called to vote in the largest elections Mexico has held to date.
30/06/2024
In March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, said that the electoral process underway in Mexico “must be safeguarded from violence.” On June 2nd, these elections will lead to the appointment of more than 20,000 public officials, including the head of state, as well as members of both chambers of Congress and a wide range of representatives and state and local authorities.
22/03/2024
In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
13/12/2022
In September, the Chamber of Deputies approved the initiative of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) that grants the Ministry of National Defense full control of the National Guard.
03/03/2022
Ten years after the entry into force of the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, in January, the Ministry of the Interior began work to reform it.
08/12/2021
If we have the chance to see some documentary that shows us images of the decades of the '60s and '70s in Chiapas, it is not difficult for us to stop thinking that those same takes could have been filmed today. More than 50 years after those original takes, in many regions of the state, the clock has stopped. But more than time, justice.
15/12/2020
To understand the role that the AF play in Mexico today, it is necessary to look back at the events that triggered the army's incursion into public security actions.
19/12/2019
September marked three months since the governments of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and Donald Trump reached an agreement in which Mexico undertook measures to lower the level of migration that crosses its territory to reach the United States.
27/09/2019
In June, US President Donald Trump threatened to apply a 5% tax on Mexican products if Mexico did not stop irregular immigration.
13/03/2019
On December 1, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) took office as president of Mexico.
11/12/2018
Since October 19, thousands of migrants including women, children, and the elderly have begun entering Mexico in caravans with the intention of reaching the United States