Mexico: New Supreme Court justices take office

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
PROGRAM #10889 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

This week, Mexico’s newly elected Supreme Court justices are taking office. For the first time, the court was chosen by popular vote and is now led by an Indigenous president. What was the swearing-in ceremony like? What are the first major cases on the docket? What challenges lie ahead? In other news, in a historic agreement, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize have established the Biocultural Corridor of the Great Mayan Jungle, announced as the largest of its kind in the world. Analysts weigh in on these and other key developments.

Guest: Raul Benet, environmentalist, ecologist, and contributor, Radio Educación, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation-SCJN, Hugo Aguilar; and by U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.

Photo: SCJN

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