by Leonardo Moraveg | Oct 12, 2020 | Brown University
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his promises of maintaining security have been minimal at best as Mexico reached an all-time high of homicides in 2019 and has experienced recent increased rates of violence during their Covid-19 quarantine period. AMLO’s boldest...
by Mary Rose Yockel | Oct 12, 2020 | Brown University
You may not realize it, but the news media plays an enormous role in shaping how the public views and responds to crime. As Vincent Sacco states in his paper, “Media Constructions of Crime”, the way that news agencies present information about criminal activity sets...
by Fiona Campbell | Oct 10, 2020 | Brown University
Mere weeks before assuming office as the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to as AMLO, published an eight-pillared plan for the construction of a peaceful future for the nation. Section Six of this 2018 “Plan Nacional de Paz y Seguridad”...
by Carlos Gutierrez | May 11, 2020 | Utah State University
“[G]overnment is in principle democratic, in (liberal) theory mixed, and in practice oligarchic”-Michael Walzer- The use of populist techniques has set president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), apart from his predecessors. With pledges like “No more corruption in...
by Julie Martinez | Dec 2, 2018 | Georgia State University
The United States and Mexico are being faced with a serious immigration problem from the Central Americans seeking asylum. Most of the people migrating are from Honduras, a country that has become more and more violent throughout the years. Many Hondurans want to...
