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Thousands take to the streets in Mexico, opposing sweeping judicial reforms.

With a new president set to take power soon, what's at stake?

I ask NPR correspondent Aida Peralta and Mexican former foreign minister

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aksana masters also ahead. In order to realize the Democratic ideals of freedom

and equality we need to know who has been

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Christian Amampir. In Mexico democracy and rule of law are under the

spotlight.

Thousands are protesting against highly controversial judicial reform plans that would

require judges and magistrates to be elected by popular vote.

Critics say the changes would weaken crucial checks of power and threaten

democracy. President Andreas Manuel Lopez-Obrador has pushed the proposal along and

it now goes to a final vote in the Senate on

Wednesday. In three weeks time the president also known as Amlo will be stepping

down and giving way to Mexico's first female and first Jewish leader, Claudia Shinebaum.

Although supportive of her predecessor, she could potentially inherit a country in flux.

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