
Simon Romero
Mexico Correspondent at The New York Times
NYT Correspondent in Mexico City. Previous postings: Caracas, Rio, Houston, Albuquerque, São Paulo. New Mexico born & raised
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4 days 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.
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5 days 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.
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |Simon Romero |James Wagner
Mexico's Judicial Election Voters were choosing the nine members of the Supreme Court on Sunday, along with more than 2,600 other judges and magistrates. Voters across Mexico went to the polls on Sunday to elect thousands of judges, from the local level to the Supreme Court, pressing ahead with one of the most far-reaching judicial overhauls ever attempted by a large democracy.
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2 weeks ago |
infobae.com | Simon Romero |Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
Mexico City (Mexico) Demonstrations, Protests and Riots Teachers and School Employees Airports Organized Labor Wages and Salaries Sheinbaum, Claudia Aeromexico Delays (Transportation) Mexico Politics and Government Federal Budget (US) Workplace Hazards and Violations Airlines and Airplanes Elections El bloqueo reflejó cómo la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, está sufriendo la presión de algunos sindicatos y movimientos sociales, mientras una economía débil limita su capacidad para...
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2 weeks ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Simon Romero |Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
Share A protest by a powerful Mexican teachers’ union briefly halted flights at the main international airport in the capital on Friday afternoon. The demonstration for higher wages created scenes of chaos, delaying travel for thousands of passengers as security forces swarmed into the airport’s terminals in a bid to assert order.The shutdown in Mexico City began about 2 p.m. local time and lasted about 20 minutes as hundreds of union members marched to the airport’s entrances.
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