Mexico’s Presidents Get Only One Term. Is That a Good Thing?

Mexico’s Presidents Get Only One Term. Is That a Good Thing?

The incumbent president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador — usually known by his initials, AMLO — is so popular that he almost certainly would have won another term if his name had been on the ballot last Sunday. But Mexico’s Constitution has a strict one-term limit for presidents. So …

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T.D. Allman, Assertive Globe-Trotting Journalist, Dies at 79

T.D. Allman, Assertive Globe-Trotting Journalist, Dies at 79

T.D. Allman, a free-spirited journalist who challenged American mythmaking in pointed, personal reporting over five decades on topics as varied as the Vietnam War and contemporary Florida, died on May 12 in Manhattan. He was 79. His death, in a hospital, was caused by pneumonia, his partner, Chengzhong Sui, said. …

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