#andres manuel lopez obrador

[ronnydeschepper]

De peperbus van nonkel Miele (79): Sheinbaum versus Trump

De nieuw verkozen president van Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, laat er geen gras over groeien. Ze wijst de economische blokkade en de hybride oorlog tegen Venezuela en Cuba af. Ze nodigt Donald Trump uit om de blokkade van beide landen te beëindigen en zo ook de migratiestromen naar de Verenigde Staten te helpen stoppen (foto YouTube). Continue reading De peperbus van nonkel Miele (79): Sheinbaum…

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Mexico choosing between continuity and change

Residents of Mexico would go to vote in the June 2 election amid an ongoing struggle with staggering violence across large territories.

Dozens of organised crime groups now control cities, neighbourhoods, and rural villages, according to AP News. Mexico’s largest cartels opened new fronts of violence in remote corners of the Mexico-Guatemala border. They not only fight among themselves, but also extort money from even the poorest residents.

Even the Catholic Church was forced to intervene, trying to negotiate peace in the conflict zones. However, criminal gangs continued to kidnap and kill priests.

Mexico’s next president will almost certainly be a woman, as both leading candidates are women. At the same time, a third candidate, a man, is trailing behind.

The prospect brought hope to some of Mexico’s most marginalised sectors. Indigenous women and the country’s 2.5 million domestic workers can now make their voices heard. One of the two female candidates provides continuity, while the others promise change.

However, other women, the mothers of more than 100,000 missing people in Mexico, have less reason to hope for change. Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ‘hugs, not bullets’ policy in the fight against drug cartels has not significantly reduced murders. His predecessors’ strategy of prosecuting drug lords did not improve the situation either.

Some Mexicans hope that any of the leading candidates can accelerate Mexico’s hesitant and limited steps toward clean energy. Most agree that López Obrador represents a step backwards. He built a huge new refinery, putting clean energy producers at a disadvantage.

His successor, favourite and former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, is an expert in climate science. As much of the country suffers from water shortages and prolonged drought, she promises rapid change.

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[generallemarc]

In one of their few remaining moments of sanity, the msm long ago dubbed AMLO "the left-wing Trump", which so far has been pretty spot-on. But at this point, like, has Trump even gone this far? Like, his dumbass comments about Putin being smart could be argued as him talking in a purely pragmatic sense, that he was talking about Putin being good at getting what he wants, with morality playing no part in it(he'd still be wrong though). But this? Trump's biggest controversy with gangs was when people decided he was being racist for insulting them too much.

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

[apas-95]

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - About half of Americans support sending U.S. military personnel into Mexico to fight drug cartels, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll [...] The findings show broad public support for calls by most major candidates in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination contest to send special forces into Mexico, the U.S.'s biggest trading partner, or conducting missile or drone strikes there. [...] According to the seven-day Reuters/Ipsos poll, which closed on Thursday, 52% of respondents said they supported "sending U.S. military personnel to Mexico to fight against drug cartels," while 26% were opposed and the remainder were unsure. Republicans were supportive by a 64% to 28% margin; Democrats were narrowly opposed, 47% to 44%. [...] In a policy video released earlier this year, former President Donald Trump said he would direct the Department of Defense "to make appropriate use of special forces, cyber warfare, and other overt and covert actions to inflict maximum damager on cartel leadership, infrastructure and operations." Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said he would send troops to Mexico on "day one" of his administration, and he has not ruled out cross-border missile strikes. [...] Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, for his part, has repeatedly made clear that Mexico would not tolerate U.S. military action within its borders and has derided the calls as "irresponsible" and "pure publicity."

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[allthegeopolitics]

Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the presidency with between 58.3 per cent and 60.7 per cent of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico's electoral authority. That is set to be the highest vote percentage in Mexico's democratic history. Sheinbaum is the first woman to win a general election in the United States, Mexico or Canada.

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[tlacuart]

Necesito un fandom mexicano de Los Miserables porque realmente creo que Enjolras sería fan de Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador y la idea me da mucha risa 😭😭😭

I need a Les mis mexican fandom because I think Enjolras would be a fanboy of President AMLO and that idea is just so funny to me but I have to laugh on my own and it's lonely down here.

[starkwlkr]

please post about what’s happening in palestine you have a big account

A lot has happened since i left. I’m still educating myself on everything that’s been going on so if i get anything wrong, please let me know. Thank you.

As of now, 7,028 Palestinians have been killed. Many of them are minors.

Recently, Israel denied the Gaza hospital attack. In response, the Palestinian Ambassador called the Israel PM a liar for blaming Islamic Jihad.

I found an article from the New York Times that says American officials say the attack likely killed 100 to 300 people. Gaza officials estimate the death toll closer to 500.

Here are some accounts that have more information and where you can donate.

Some more news about recent events that had happened, one of which has affected my family.

In Lewiston, Maine, a a mass shooting occurred in a bowling alley. The shooter is on the run, his name is Robert Card. At least 22 people have been killed and over 50 people are injured.

The following people are some of the vicitms I could find as more information comes out:

Tricia Asselin, the only woman killed.

Bill Brackett

Michael Deslauriers II, had a girlfriend and three children

Bob Violette

Steven Vozzella

Joseph Walker, 56, he was the manager at Schemegees Bar & Grill. His father told ABC News that his son attempted to go after the shooter but he was shot twice in the stomach.

Peyton Brewer-Ross

Tommy Conrad, he is survived by his 9 year old daughter. He was a new manager at the bowling alley.

Both Steven Vozzella and Bill Brackett were part of a gathering of deaf people playing cornhole at Schemegees Bar & Grill.

In Mexico, Hurricane Otis has left 27 people dead and four are missing. In my house, we cut the cable because it was getting very expensive so we only have wifi so I don’t want the news on TV. I learned about this Hurricane when my aunt from Mexico called my mom yesterday and told her all the damage that the hurricane had caused. I have family in Acapulco, Guerrero, so we’ve been making calls and watching the news on our phones.

Hurricane Otis was a category five.

The storm is one of the strongest ever to hit the southwest coast.

“Communication and power systems remained largely off in much of the state, making the scope of the hurricane’s toll difficult to ascertain.”

Acapulco is a port city with more than 852,000 people. It is the largest city in the state of Guerrero. Many hotels were packed with tourist since the city was hosting a international mining industry convention.

80% of hotels were damaged by the storm according to the governor of Guerrero.

Acapulco remains without power, water and communication.

More than 8,000 members of the armed forces have been deployed to the area. More than 500 emergency shelters were opened for residents.

The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has acknowledged that the government was late in arriving because of the havoc that Hurricane Otis had left.

I am praying for everyone that has been affected by these tragic events. I know people hear this a lot and think “oh they’re just saying that, but they don’t actually mean it. It’s just to make them look good for the media.”

No, in my family, we always pray for everyone. Especially now since dia de los muertos is coming up, my family prays a lot during that time. I am catholic, I was raised catholic and I pray for peace on this earth.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

End gun violence

Pray for Acapulco 🇲🇽

If anyone would like to add links for share more information, please do so!!

Here are some links that I found talking about Palestine.

[blueiscoool]

1000-Year-Old Maya Tomb Unearthed in Mexico

Mexican archaeologists unearthed a richly adorned human body in a grave that could be more than 1,000 years old, in an area where workers were finishing construction on a major tourist rail project, the country's national antiquities institute INAH said on Monday.

The discovery took place this month during archaeological salvage work carried out in tandem with building a multibillion-dollar tourist train in southern Mexico designed in large part to draw tourists to southern Mexico's many ancient Maya sites, as well as nearby top beach resorts like Cancun and Tulum.

The rail project, known as the Maya Train, is a top economic development priority of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It employs teams of relatively well-funded archaeologists who have rushed to complete excavations so the construction work will not be delayed. Digs elsewhere in the country have suffered budget cuts.

The latest burial discovery took place during work on the construction of a hotel near the major Maya ruins of Palenque in Chiapas state, once home to one of the ancient civilization's largest and most sophisticated urban centers.

The skeletal remains were found some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the city's center, home to towering temples and a sprawling palace compound, in a stone box. They likely pertain to an elite resident of the city, known by the ancient Maya as Lakamha'.

The box also held three ceramic vessels, ear flares and a pair of greenstone beads.

INAH also noted that the individual was buried face up, his head facing north, adding that further testes are needed to determine the individual's exact age and other characteristics.

Scholars credit the ancient Maya with major human achievements in art, architecture, astronomy and writing.

Palenque, like dozens of other ancient cities clustered around southern Mexico and parts of Central America, thrived from around 300-900 AD.

Reporting by Carolina Pulice; Editing by David Alire Garcia and David Gregorio.

[chamerionwrites]

On March 27, a fire broke out inside a Mexican migrant detention facility, killing 40 people held there. The incident is one of the most gruesome examples of abuses committed against migrants at the Mexico-U.S. border in recent years. When the fire started in the facility—which is run by Mexico’s National Migration Institute, or INM—security personnel saw smoke and flames filling the men’s cell. Yet, as security camera footage showed, they walked away from the blaze, leaving the men locked inside. As well as the 40 people who died, dozens more were hospitalized with burns and organ damage.

The men were migrants from Central and South America, with most of them headed for the United States in the hopes of reuniting with loved ones or finding work to support family who had stayed behind in other countries. They were detained by Mexican authorities for lacking a documented status, despite some of them actually possessing authorization to be in the country. The men formed part of the burgeoning population of migrants and asylum-seekers stranded in and around Mexican border towns, as U.S. ports of entry largely remain closed to asylum requests. Many migrants and asylum-seekers who cross between official ports of entry are subject to summary expulsion into northern Mexico—regardless of their protection needs—under Title 42, a pandemic-era measure invoked by U.S. authorities to expel thousands of migrants from the country on public health grounds.

This tragic case has yet again exposed the failure of U.S. as well as Mexican migration and border-control policies. The Western Hemisphere is experiencing increased migration flows, driven to a considerable extent by repression, persecution, crime, conflict, poverty and the climate emergency. In this context, thousands of individuals and families are caught between Washington’s continued closure of the U.S. southern border to most asylum-seekers under Title 42 and the dangers they face on the Mexican side of the border. These hazards include the risk of being swept up in raids like the ones that led to the detention of many of the fire’s victims. Migrant detentions have reached record numbers during the administration of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or AMLO.

The restrictions placed on pathways to legal migration and asylum, combined with the threat of detention that migrants and asylum-seekers face at the hands of authorities, force them to travel via more dangerous routes in Mexico as well as at the country’s border with the United States. These routes expose them to dangers like kidnappings, sexual assault and disappearances.

In addition to the threats to their safety from nonstate individuals and groups, migrants in Mexico also face human rights violations by state institutions. They describe constant extortion by Mexican security forces who threaten them with detention or violence, while investigations have shed light on the extent of corruption within the INM. Migrants reportedly faced extortion at the INM-run facility where the deadly fire occurred, with personnel said to have regularly demanded bribes from migrants as a condition of their release from detention. Those who are unable to pay the bribes may face deplorable conditions and abuses that can amount to torture. Child migrants are frequently deported to their home countries without a proper evaluation of their individual conditions.

The fire took place against the backdrop of a crucial moment for U.S. immigration and border-security policy: Title 42 is set to end May 11, after the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced it will halt the country’s emergency response to COVID-19. As a result, U.S. ports of entry will be reopened to asylum applications, which theoretically would enable asylum-seekers to apply in person for asylum in the U.S., as opposed to remaining bottled up indefinitely in northern Mexican cities. But seeking asylum at the border could end up being no less challenging due to a range of policy proposals put forth by the Biden administration.

Under Biden, U.S. officials have prioritized a reduction of northbound migration at the border with Mexico at any cost. Even as the Biden administration has opposed litigation by Republican-controlled states intended to preserve Title 42, it negotiated an agreement with Mexican officials to expand the list of nationalities eligible for expulsion from the U.S. to Mexico under the policy.

While asylum-seekers can technically make an appointment through a U.S. government-created smartphone app to request an exemption that would enable them to enter the U.S., the app’s technical glitches and the small number of appointments available have left many asylum-seekers stranded in Mexico. In addition, Washington has expanded a humanitarian parole program to admit up to 30,000 migrants per month from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti. Though this is a welcome step, the hurdles to qualifying for this pathway—notably the requirement to have a passport and a U.S. sponsor—keep it out of reach for most applicants.

In the meantime, elevated migration levels continue unabated. Crossings of the treacherous Darien Gap—which connects Colombia to Panama—increased by 55 percent from February to March 2023. After a perilous journey north, arriving migrants who would be subject to Title 42’s provisions are regularly stranded in, or returned to, Mexican border cities notorious for violence. Since January 2021, Human Rights First, a U.S.-based human rights organization, has tracked over 13,000 publicly reported cases of kidnapping, rape, murder and other violent crimes committed against migrants blocked from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border or returned to Mexico under Title 42.

But despite this, Mexico City has continued collaborating with Washington under the provisions of the directive. AMLO has also doubled down on using the Mexican armed forces as part of his border-control strategy, regularly deploying up to 30,000 troops along Mexico’s borders. In August 2021, Defense Minister Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval stated that the military’s main objective at Mexico’s southern border was to “stop all migration.” Given the Mexican military’s concerning human rights record, deploying it along the border to be the first point of contact for migrant families and individuals presents obvious risks.

Despite overwhelming evidence that border closures and expulsions of migrants endanger their lives, a full-scale reopening of the U.S. border to asylum-seekers is unlikely, notwithstanding the expiration of Title 42. As the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign begins in earnest, immigration policy will be a salient issue, and Biden will seek to deflect accusations by Republicans that he is fostering a “border crisis” by reopening access to asylum.

In the past few days, the Biden administration announced that it would send 1,500 military troops to the border to support enforcement operations there, while Mexico City and Washington announced that they had reached an agreement for Mexico to accept the mass deportation of non-Mexican nationals after Title 42 ends. A proposed U.S. rule would create an “asylum transit ban” at the border, rendering non-Mexican asylum-seekers ineligible for asylum in the U.S. if they do not follow the limited legal pathways available for entry and fail to seek asylum first in another country. Access to U.S. ports of entry would continue to require asylum-seekers to make appointments through the U.S. government’s “CBP One” app—something most have found impossible.

Members of Congress, the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society groups have expressed their opposition to the Biden administration’s new plans to restrict access to asylum. Meanwhile, in the wake of March’s deadly fire, Mexican civil society has renewed calls for AMLO’s administration to prioritize the protection of migrants and asylum-seekers over their detention. But it remains to be seen whether Mexico City or Washington will take meaningful steps to protect migrants and asylum-seekers in Mexico and at the U.S. border.

At stake is whether the anti-asylum model embodied by Title 42 will truly have been temporary, or whether it will be followed by a permanent set of asylum restrictions and mass deportations that would continue to violate the international human right to seek asylum. Such a scenario would push the Americas ever farther from the “safe, orderly, humane, and regular” migration paradigm that regional governments committed to at last year’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. It would also increase dangers for vulnerable migrants and asylum-seekers who face violence and human rights abuses, of which the recent fire is one particularly painful example.

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, First Lady Cilia Flores and Mexican President Andres Maneul Lopez Obrador (AMLO) visiting Palenque Archaeological Zone, 22 October 2023

[beardedmrbean]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most of the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government transparency, a reform that could worsen tension with the U.S. and hit credit ratings.

The measure is among the constitutional reforms presented in February by former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and backed by current President Claudia Sheinbaum, aimed at cutting public spending by centralizing the state apparatus.

Lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies voted 347 in favor with 128 against, and no abstentions, after hours of occasionally heated debate, with some jeers and personal insults exchanged.

A final vote on objections to details of the measure is expected on Thursday before it moves to the Senate, where ruling party Morena holds a large majority.

The reform proposes scrapping autonomous agencies such as antitrust watchdog Cofece, telecoms regulator IFT, energy regulator CRE, hydrocarbon regulator CNH and public information and data protection office INAI.

Their functions would be taken over by other government bodies, including the official statistics office, the electoral authority and government ministries.

Analysts warn the reform could potentially lead to conflicts with the United States and Canada, as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) mandates a telecoms regulator, particularly as the pact is due for review in mid-2026.

Sheinbaum has said the "technical independence" of the autonomous bodies would be maintained and special provisions would ensure compliance with USMCA requirements.

While advocates said more streamlined governance would save some $5 billion annually and reduce graft, critics argued it would strip funding from important projects, reduce transparency and oversight and concentrate power with the executive.

Some analysts have also warned the measure could trigger potential credit rating downgrades for Mexico, which now has investment-grade ratings from Fitch, Moody's, and S&P.

The reform "implies a further deterioration of Mexico's institutional framework, which increases the likelihood of credit rating downgrades," said Gabriela Siller, director of economic analysis at Grupo Financiero BASE.

Ratings agency Moody's recently downgraded Mexico's outlook to negative from stable, citing institutional and policy weakening that threatens the economy and government accounts after a contentious judicial overhaul.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil’s president urges India, Indonesia to join alliance to broker peace in Ukraine

Brazil seeks peace between Russia and Ukraine in international sphere

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday that he will invite India and Indonesia to join a peace initiative to end the war in Ukraine.

Lula, who spoke following a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, has called for an international bloc of large economies to push for dialogue and a peaceful end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

In January, the Brazilian leader shared his idea to create an international organization similar to the G20 to end the conflict, with China leading the peace initiative.

Lula discussed the initiative with other Latin American leaders during a virtual meeting in March hosted by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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[jobaaj]

🔴BREAKING NEWS: Bloodshed in Mexican elections! 37 candidates have been killed!! What happened?

Similar to India, Mexico is holding elections to choose its next leader, aiming to elect its first female President.

Unfortunately, these elections have been affected by violence, with 37 candidates killed in the past year.

Statistics indicate that there have been over 500 violent incidents, resulting in the deaths of 145 individuals connected to politics during this election period.

Reports reveal that the Mexican National Electoral Institute had to cancel plans for 170 polling booths due to political violence.

Why?

Pre-election violence is a recurring issue in Mexico, exacerbated by ongoing gang and cartel conflicts.

These criminal organizations allegedly exploit elections to gain power and undermine democracy, intimidating both voters and candidates.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's "hugs not bullets" policy focuses on addressing the social roots of violence, inadvertently enabling cartels to expand their influence.

😲Interestingly: ▪ This is the largest election in Mexican history as 100 million citizens are eligible to elect representatives for 9 governorships, 128 Senate seats, 500 federal deputies, and 19,000 municipal and state seats! ▪ Obrador’s successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, is expected to have a landslide victory against Opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez. ▪ While electing a woman as the leader of a ‘macho culture’ country like Mexico is a big step, the President will be faced with many tough decisions. ❓Will the new President bring an end to this cartel violence?? Follow Jobaaj Stories (the media arm of Jobaaj.com Group for more)

[lahija-del-molinero]

republicanos, demócratas, lo mismo 🤦