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#NewWorldReport: MEXICO; AMLO last throw. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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#NewWorldReport: MEXICO; AMLO last throw. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

1909 Mexico City

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0:00.0

This is CBS. I am the world, the New World Report with Professor Evan Alice of the

0:09.6

U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. I'm John Bachelor.

0:13.3

I go to the Reuters headline from Mexico City.

0:19.0

Mexican Lower House passes controversial judicial reform in marathon session.

0:27.0

Professor, a very good day to you.

0:29.0

This connects directly to this story we were just looking at from as many sides as possible with or without Starlink.

0:37.0

And I note ironically, the professor and I are talking on Starlink right now. I'm its customers. Living in the countryside, it is a joy to have

0:46.7

a way to connect that doesn't depend upon power lines and the vicissitudes of electricity in America.

0:54.0

However, in Mexico, they're looking at judicial reform that might be more ambitious than the Supreme Court Justice de Marises in Brazil.

1:07.0

What we have here, Professor, is part of a chain of decisions to be made by Amlo, by the Mexican legislature, by the courts, and by the new

1:18.8

president, Claudia Shinebaum.

1:21.1

In a marathon session, Mexico's lower house approved a controversial judicial reform, a crucial step

1:28.2

towards cementing a key ambition of outgoing President Amlow and setting the tone for the next administration.

1:37.2

What is the legislation?

1:38.8

Why is it controversial?

1:39.8

Remine, Professor.

1:41.8

First of all, the broader context, as you alluded to, globalization and inflows and

1:48.4

investment in countries and across countries depends on a predictable legal framework.

1:55.2

Globalization has the premise that the judicial organizations can be objective in

2:00.6

or not politicized.

2:02.2

When you begin to see the use of judicial organs

2:05.0

in the service of the executive,

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