The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Has an optimistic young man with lofty goals of changing Mexico’s political system dominated by elitist, corrupt parties finally opted out by throwing in his lot with Morena, a party which, in the eyes of some Mexicans, is little more than a renaissance of the nation’s failed populist past?
On Monday, March 18, Mexico takes the day off to honor the birthday (March 21, 1806) of the man widely considered the nation’s greatest ever president: Benito Juarez.
2024 will be an eventful year across the world, with presidential elections in Mexico and the United States occupying many journalists’ minds in these parts, and the depressing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza likely to continue with no clear end in sight.
Getting Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to stay quiet for long can be a tricky task. Earlier this year, in response to one question at a trilateral confab press conference, he prattled on for half an hour, infuriating fellow leaders Biden and Trudeau.
A few weeks ago, the Mexican government recognized the day 68 years ago when women were permitted to emit a vote in a federal election for the first time.
The latest data puts Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, as the clear favorite to succeed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the next president of Mexico in 2024.
The risks of traveling through Mexico are well known to longtime expat residents, plus those who properly research this country, read newspapers and digest advice wisely.
