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José Ramón López won't reveal his secret

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06/03/2019 |10:38
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José Ramón López won't reveal his secret

We've been told that José Ramón López Beltrán, the President's son , will no longer travel to Washington . He was set to speak at a conference titled “ Designing Modern Times ” during the 2019 Electoral Campaigns Strategies Seminar . When we asked the event organizers why his name no longer appeared among the speakers, they said: “he couldn't make it.” So the attendees who paid USD $1,800 for the seminar won't have the opportunity to listen to one of the people who were key for President López Obrador's win , who won the election with over 30 million votes . Oh well...

Is this mayor siding with fuel thieves?

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In the midst of the operations coordinated between state and federal elements against the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel , officials are wondering what is the role of the Villagrán mayor, Juan Lara Mendoza. The question is relevant since the mayor of the municipality where the cartel has settled, and during the operation against it, Lara Mendoza publicly declared the authorities used excessive force by breaking into homes without a search warrant and that they stole things. His accusations were refuted and an immediate response from the Guanajuato Governor, Diego Sinhue , who asked him to deploy his police officers in favor of the inhabitants of the municipality and not in favor of the criminals.

PAN and Morena were scared for a moment

Both the PAN and Morena were really worried after 3 out of 11 counselors from the Electoral Tribunal voted against approving their electoral platforms for the Puebla election , which were the same as in 2018. Although 8 counselors approved them, if they hadn't been approved, they wouldn't have been able to register candidates and would have been out of the Puebla election. A few weeks ago, the INE allowed the parties to reuse the platforms because there wasn't enough time to create new ones.

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In the last days, some have been confused and boasted about numbers about internet visits. For those who are confused and so you're not confused, these are the numbers that show who is who among news sites in Mexico : EL UNIVERSAL has 16,728,000 unique users ; Excélsior has 11,324,000; Noticieros Televisa has 11,160,000; Uno TV has 10,543,000, and La Verdad Noticia has 10,135,000 million. These numbers were released by Comscore , an independent firm.

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