@EDUCA On April 21, the National Network of Indigenous Lawyers expressed its concern regarding the recent designations of indigenous candidates since they observed a “utilitarian tendency of identity through qualified self-ascription.” It called on the electoral authorities to implement mechanisms to eradicate the usurpation and simulation that allows “opportunistic people to occupy affirmative action for

@Parroquia de Chalchihuitan On April 20th, Tsotsil Catholics from the municipality of Chalchihuitan made a pilgrimage to the capital of this municipality to demand the closure of canteens and that nearing voting “be done in peace, without weapons or violence; that the vote be free and secret.” More than a thousand participants joined in this

On April 16th, Data Civica, Mexico Evalua and Animal Politico presented a new study on political-criminal violence in Mexico, which analyzes data collected over six years, with two electoral processes in between (2018 and 2021), and proposes measures that could still be adopted in 2024. Titled “Democracy Violated: Organized Crime in Elections and Public Administration

@Canal del Congreso On April 17th, the Senate approved the reform of Articles 129 and 148 of the Amparo Law, which will prevent judges from suspending regulations and public works, with 69 votes in favor and 42 against and zero abstentions. During the session, the opposition stressed that these reforms seek to ensure that nothing