by Thomas Lamieri | Apr 7, 2025 | Tartu University
Ballots and Bullets: How Political Violence Is Undermining Democracy in Mexico In 2024, Mexico held one of the largest and most consequential elections in its recent history—electing over 20,000 officials nationwide, including a new president, Claudia Sheinbaum...
by Sophia Wotman | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, concluding that the U.S. Constitution does not provide federal protections for a woman’s right to choose. But in 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a ruling that unanimously recognized a woman’s right to legal...
by Bela Perez | Nov 22, 2023 | University of Memphis
Media repression threatens the civil liberties of the public and journalists. Freedom of the press is an important right that should be protected for anyone seeking a career in journalism. The right to accessible information about the government and their policies is...
by Keilly Irlas Flores | Nov 20, 2023 | Northeastern University
Journalists are being killed in Mexico and they’re taking the country’s democracy with them. The increasing assassination of journalists in Mexico is a sign of liberal democracy backsliding in the country. They are the result of weakened vertical accountability...
by Tomás Cruz Villalvazo | May 1, 2023 | University of Utah
Last February, Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) received massive criticism for recently approved electoral reforms that seek to undermine Mexico’s most renowned independent electoral commission the National Electoral Institute (INE), formerly known...
