Mexico: Electoral Reform Proposal

FRIDAY, MARCH 13 

PROGRAM #11078 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. 

President Sheinbaum introduced an electoral reform proposal despite resistance from allied parties. Where will she find the votes needed to pass the law? What does the bill say, and what changes are expected? Meanwhile, Mexico has recorded more than eleven thousand measles cases and thirty deaths. Where are the outbreaks concentrated, and what measures are being taken to contain them? Finally, a massive oil spill off the coast of Veracruz has contaminated several municipalities, threatening the livelihoods and cultural heritage of Indigenous communities. What is being done to respond to and remediate this disaster? These and other news stories are discussed in this program.

Guests: Eduardo Huchim, journalist and former board member of the Electoral Institute of the Federal District, Mexico City, MX; Avelino Meza, secretary general and binational coordinator, Fuerza Migrante, New York, NY; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, and by the coordinator of Morena’s party in Mexico’s House of Representatives, Ricardo Monreal Ávila.

Photo: Gobierno de México

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