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Here's John Bachelor.

The New World Report, Professor. Here's John Bachelor.

The New World Report, Professor Evan Ellis of the US Army War Colors Strategic Studies Institute, to help us discern these contentious headlines flowing from Reuters Americas

reporting. We begin in Mexico our neighbor in North America vital to the

success of the U.S. economy of North American economy of the Americas of the Western

Hemisphere.

Mexico's ruling block, writes Reuters, appears to secure Senate votes for judicial reform.

And the explanation so far, the ruling Marina Party and its allies had been one seat short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass constitutional reform that would transform

Mexico's judicial system by having judges elected by popular vote.

Sounds ordinary enough, but it's not. There were shoving

matches and maybe a couple of fists thrown for this vote in the Senate and

Professor Alice is here to help us understand how one vote

switching from one side to the other made it possible and what was behind that one vote.

Evan, this is drama in the old 19th century style of fist fights in the aisles of the Senate.

What is Marina Party's ambition here, the outgoing Amlow, who leaves

office on October 1st when Claudia Shinebaum, his successor is sworn in.

What does Amlo want and did he achieve it?

Good evening to you.

Good evening to you, John.

Well, Marina really was constructed by Amlo, and you saw its expansion to be much like the dominant former

Revolutionary Institutional Party that the pre which dominated Mexican politics for over 70 years.

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