Thank you Mike for helping me understand what's going on. I've heard about INE but didn't really know what it was or what the proposed changes were.
We did study some politics and some of the reforms that happened in the 90's when I was a student in the University, but it was more in the context of learning Spanish than really trying to understand the political dynamics.
As for ."..continued to declare himself the legitimate winner or the election", that sure sounds familiar. I'm pretty sure I've heard that somewhere else. :)
Ha! - yes Victor, I have a dim recollection of those shenanigans happening somewhere else. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’m pretty sure it was north of Juarez. Thanks for the comment!
Great job with the article Mike, Definitley did a good job in terms of trying to stay neutral as you can while at the same time informing readers what's going on with the election laws. I would like to read more about it though, I mean I'll read Frum's piece in the Atlantic surrounding the changes, but I don't really trust the guy given his track record, do you know of any English News sources covering Mexico?
Thanks Fahim. I don't know of any really good news sources that cover Mexico full time - most of the ones that do simply translate stories from Mexican language reporting, and don't do a good job with the translation. This particular story though is big enough that it appears in a lot of mainstream English language news sources, such as the New York Times, BBC, Reuters, etc.
I just got through this one. It was dense, and very informative. Helpful to know what is going on, for that happy day, in the distant future, when my spanish is good enough to converse about such things with mexican nationals directly. lol
As always, I want to say, 'Thank you!". I know more about Mexico's state of politics than yesterday. I regret having read your article "sin un frijol en la panza" (on an empty stomach) and before my morning coffee. I find the story sad. Ignorance if not bliss can be comforting. Do you say, "It is all but certain that the next MORENA candidate will be the next president of Mexico" because of the rise of populism in Mexico as in all over the world?
Amlo did win after all. Maybe AMLO's previous two losses are still stinging his ego/ideologies. Psychologizing is the easy path for me.
I say the next president will be from the MORENA because MORENA (currently) enjoys enormous popularity in Mexico, and because the other parties are in a state of nearly complete disarray. The Mexican people are fed up with the decades of unfettered corruption, and I suppose AMLO and his successors - corrupt, as all politicians are, but not as corrupt; but sill authoritarian - still looks like the only path away from those decades of political nonsense.
Thank you Mike for helping me understand what's going on. I've heard about INE but didn't really know what it was or what the proposed changes were.
We did study some politics and some of the reforms that happened in the 90's when I was a student in the University, but it was more in the context of learning Spanish than really trying to understand the political dynamics.
As for ."..continued to declare himself the legitimate winner or the election", that sure sounds familiar. I'm pretty sure I've heard that somewhere else. :)
Ha! - yes Victor, I have a dim recollection of those shenanigans happening somewhere else. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’m pretty sure it was north of Juarez. Thanks for the comment!
Great job with the article Mike, Definitley did a good job in terms of trying to stay neutral as you can while at the same time informing readers what's going on with the election laws. I would like to read more about it though, I mean I'll read Frum's piece in the Atlantic surrounding the changes, but I don't really trust the guy given his track record, do you know of any English News sources covering Mexico?
Thanks Fahim. I don't know of any really good news sources that cover Mexico full time - most of the ones that do simply translate stories from Mexican language reporting, and don't do a good job with the translation. This particular story though is big enough that it appears in a lot of mainstream English language news sources, such as the New York Times, BBC, Reuters, etc.
I just got through this one. It was dense, and very informative. Helpful to know what is going on, for that happy day, in the distant future, when my spanish is good enough to converse about such things with mexican nationals directly. lol
Yes! Being able to have a conversation at the coffee shop is the important thing here (I mean that)
Nicely done Mike. You walk the line well.
lol - thanks Doug, it is a precarious path.
Makes sense to me. Sigh... Thanks for responding
As always, I want to say, 'Thank you!". I know more about Mexico's state of politics than yesterday. I regret having read your article "sin un frijol en la panza" (on an empty stomach) and before my morning coffee. I find the story sad. Ignorance if not bliss can be comforting. Do you say, "It is all but certain that the next MORENA candidate will be the next president of Mexico" because of the rise of populism in Mexico as in all over the world?
Amlo did win after all. Maybe AMLO's previous two losses are still stinging his ego/ideologies. Psychologizing is the easy path for me.
I say the next president will be from the MORENA because MORENA (currently) enjoys enormous popularity in Mexico, and because the other parties are in a state of nearly complete disarray. The Mexican people are fed up with the decades of unfettered corruption, and I suppose AMLO and his successors - corrupt, as all politicians are, but not as corrupt; but sill authoritarian - still looks like the only path away from those decades of political nonsense.