Headline stories such as President Trump banning TikTok in the U.S. and President Andrés Manual Lopéz Obrador commenting on high profile Mexican elites’ scandals have taken over the media and these …
Mexico: A Definite Delegative Democracy
In 2018 Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his political party, MORENA, historically won not only the Mexican Presidential election but also the Senate and the lower house. Many have been …
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Consensual Prostitute, Victim, or Trafficker?: The Ambiguous Position of Migrant Sex Workers in Tapachula, Mexico
At the southern corner of Mexico’s Pacific coast lies Tapachula, Chiapas, a bustling city of over 300,000 and one of Mexico’s major prostitution hubs. A stone’s throw from Guatemala, Tapachula is …
Reshuffling “bad apples”: Mexico’s Issue with Security
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 …
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The Necessity for Responsible Reporting on Crime in Mexico
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 …
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AMLO’s Amnesty Proposal: How Government Pardon in Mexico Adds Fuel to the Fire
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 …
¡Juntos haremos historia!: The Case of AMLO and Mexican Populism.
“[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 …
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The Caravan of Asylum Seekers by Julie Martinez @ 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 …
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