A Timeline of Mexico's Judicial Reform and Elections
What can Mexicans expect from votes for judges in 2025 and 2027? What other constitutional amendments are on the horizon?
Rule of Law & Anti-Corruption
Bolivia Is a Warning for Mexico’s Judicial Reform
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Raúl Peñaranda U.
Electing judges has undermined Bolivia’s justice system’s legitimacy and independence—and weakened the country’s rule of law.
Brazil Says Its Resistance to Elon Musk Is Global Example
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Samantha Pearson
"Long-term investors who know Brazil likely won’t be swayed for now," says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Wall Street Journal.
In Mexico and Brazil, Anti-Corruption Efforts Seem to Have Faded
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Marina Pera, Valeria Vásquez
Policies to fight graft are a low priority in both countries and have lost momentum in the region as a whole.
AMLO’s Judicial Reform Overlooks the Key Weakness of Mexican Justice
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Tyler Mattiace
Prosecutors’ willingness and capacity to investigate crimes is the nation’s judicial system’s weakest link, writes an expert.
Latin America’s Security Crisis Is a Political Problem, Too
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Lucía Dammert
Crime and politics are becoming more entangled, undermining the region’s stability, an expert writes.
Honduras’ Anti-Corruption Push Has Stalled
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Jennifer Ávila
Despite former President Juan Orlando Hernández’s conviction in the U.S., progress on corruption in his country has been slow as a UN commission hangs in the balance.
