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...
by Jillian Newman | Mar 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
Last year, a corruption case was filed against the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico’s ruling party, by state prosecutors in Chihuahua. Dozens of PRI party members and politicians have already been arrested. Just over a month ago, Manlio Fabio Beltrones,...
by DONYEA EMORIE GRAYSON | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Mexico’s presidential election is right around the corner. July 1st, 2018 is when general elections take place and this could completely change the future of Mexico and its many citizens. At the start of election season there were roughly 85 candidates...
