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Experts warn against wave of fake news ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election

Mexico's 2024 presidential election is less than a year away and political analysts and academics are warning of a wave of disinformation and fake news that continues to spread online

The Independent UK

Foreign Tourism to Portugal Has Best First Quarter Ever

The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal surpassed 2.8 million from January through March, making it the best first quarter on record despite high global inflation and interest rates, data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday. Measuring only foreigners staying in Portuguese hotels, the number by far…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexico picks first woman to head electoral body amid political row

Mexican lawmakers on Friday for the first time chose a woman to head the National Electoral Institute (INE), as the electoral authority faces a bruising struggle with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Reuters

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Mexico's top court freezes electoral reform ahead of lawsuit

Mexico's Supreme Court temporarily suspended on Friday parts of a controversial electoral reform pushed by the country's president, while also confirming it will consider a lawsuit from independent electoral institute INE that seeks to overturn it.

Reuters

Commentary: Why does Mexico’s president want to dismantle the democratic system that elected him?

No president in modern Mexican history has enjoyed as much of a mandate as Andrés Manuel López Obrador. It is a shame he is so determined to invest it in a quest to dismantle the much-admired democratic institution that made his election possible in the first place.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico protests: fears for democracy prompt mass demonstrations

Electoral reforms proposed by the Mexican government have sparked huge protests across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities in opposition to legislation passed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The reform will slash funding to the…

The Conversation

Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy

MEXICO CITY — Juan Manuel Martinez remembers the days when he would vote in Mexico’s elections with no confidence that they were being run fairly.

Los Angeles Times

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Mexicans turn out in droves to protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at risk

Huge crowds gathered in Mexico on Sunday to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protest so far against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration.

Reuters

Mexico Senate passes electoral system overhaul ahead of vote

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate passed a bill that completes the overhaul of the country’s election regulator, a long-sought objective of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador just 16 months ahead of general elections.

Tribune News Service

Mexico passes electoral overhaul that critics warn weakens democracy

Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday approved a controversial overhaul of the body overseeing the country's elections, a move critics warn will weaken democracy ahead of a presidential vote next year.

Reuters

Mexican Congress rejects president's electoral reform bid

The Mexican lower house of Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial electoral reform backed by the president, after critics said the proposal had the potential to undermine the country's electoral independence.

Reuters

Human Rights Watch warns against Mexico's 'regressive' electoral overhaul

A leading rights group on Monday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could seriously undermine electoral authorities' independence, putting free and fair elections at risk.

Reuters

Spain tourism soars in October, approaches pre-pandemic levels

The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain in October soared 39% from the same month last year to 7.18 million, but remained a tad below the 7.59 million tourists who came in October 2019, official statistics showed on Friday.

Reuters

Analysis-Mexican president's electoral gambit breathes life into opposition

The Mexican president's determination to carry out a contentious electoral overhaul has helped unite a fractured opposition ahead of the last major elections before the country chooses a new leader in 2024.

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Tens of thousands march in Mexico City to support president

Tens of thousands marched with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday in a massive demonstration through the center of the country's capital to show their support for the head of state before a 2024 general election.

Reuters

Mexico's president dismisses mass protest against electoral overhaul

Mexico's president on Monday shrugged off a major demonstration against his plan to overhaul the country's electoral authority, dismissing it as a "racist" and "classist" protest and challenging his adversaries to stage a bigger one.

Al Jazeera

Spain inflation highest since 1984; new record for eurozone area

European countries facing inflation surge due to fallout from Ukraine war and reopening of economies after lockdowns.

Reuters

Foreign tourism to Portugal soars in May, still below pre-pandemic levels

The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal in May jumped almost six times from the same month last year but still fell about 9% short of pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Thursday.

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Innergex To Bring 425 Megawatt-Hours Of Battery Storage To Chile

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc (TSX:INE) has awarded Mitsubishi Power an order for two utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects for its Emerald storage solution totaling 425 megawatt-hours in the Atacama desert of Northern Chile. Mitsubishi Power is a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (OTC:MHVYF). These projects will be colocated with existing…

Chicago Sun-Times

López Obrador won Mexico presidential recall vote, but critics blast electioneering tactics

The president, whose victory never was in doubt, benefited from his Morena party’s use of illegal tactics to get out the vote that critics say could weaken Mexico’s democracy.

Reuters

Analysis-Mexican president turns up heat on lawmakers after vote win

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador quickly sought to leverage millions of votes he received in a Sunday referendum on his leadership, urging lawmakers to pass an electricity bill, arguing that not backing it would be tantamount to "treason."

The Independent UK

Old-style government practices seen in Mexican recall vote

Analysts in Mexico say President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's recall vote could, paradoxically, leave Mexico's democracy weaker

The Guardian - UK

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