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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Mexico's Supreme Court rules tourist train, other projects are not issues of national security

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Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday the government cannot simply decree that tourist trains or other public work projects are issues of “national security,” because that violates the public’s right to information.

The ruling is the latest in a string of setbacks for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has sought to broaden the discretionary powers of the presidency.

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