Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Simon Romero |Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

En la remota aldea del sur de México en la que creció, Hugo Aguilar Ortiz se dedicó a pastorear cabras durante su infancia. Habían pasado siglos desde la conquista española, pero casi todo el mundo a su alrededor en las laderas cubiertas de niebla de Oaxaca seguía hablando tu’un savi, conocido como el idioma de la lluvia. “Yo pensaba que el mundo acababa en las montañas”, dijo Aguilar Ortiz, que ahora tiene 52 años y acaba de ser elegido ministro presidente de la Suprema Corte de México.

1 week ago | wlrn.org | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |Simon Romero

MEXICO CITY — Justices aligned with Mexico’s leftist governing party now dominate the Supreme Court. Party loyalists control a new tribunal with the power to fire judges and the court that decides federal election disputes. Leaders of the Morena party, which already holds the presidency and Congress, had insisted that their contentious judicial overhaul, among the most far-reaching ever tried by a large democracy, would not be a power grab.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |James Wagner

Mexico's Judicial Election In a divisive and far-reaching election pushed by the governing Morena party, Mexicans voted for thousands of judges at every level on Sunday, remaking the courts. Mexico's governing Morena party looked poised to dominate the Supreme Court on Tuesday, moving closer to controlling the third branch of government, according to early results in the country's divisive, first-ever election to overhaul the courts at every level.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |James Wagner |Simon Romero

Nearly 90 percent of voters did not cast ballots on Sunday, one of the lowest turnouts in any federal election since Mexico became a democracy. Mexico's sweeping reorganization of its judicial system got off to a rocky start. The nationwide election of thousands of judges over the weekend was marked by an exceptionally high level of abstention, with nearly 90 percent of voters opting not to take part.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |Simon Romero |James Wagner

Los mexicanos eligieron el domingo a los nueve miembros de la Suprema Corte, junto con más de 2600 jueces y magistrados. Los votantes de todo México acudieron a las urnas el domingo para elegir a miles de jueces, desde los tribunales locales hasta la Suprema Corte, impulsando una de las modificaciones judiciales de mayor alcance jamás intentadas por una democracia grande.