内容摘要：A collection of textiles part of the exhibit, “A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes” (Elliot Goldstein/Smithsonian Institution via AP)

A collection of textiles part of the exhibit, “A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes” (Elliot Goldstein/Smithsonian Institution via AP)

A supporter of Yasmin Esquivel, who is running for election for the Mexican Supreme Court, holds a campaign pamphlet at her closing campaign rally in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)But critics say the ruling party is simply politicizing the courts at an opportune moment, when Sheinbaum is highly popular.

Judicial candidates are not allowed to announce their party affiliation and are unable to accept party funds or hold major campaign events. A number of former Morena government officials and allies, however, have posted lists on social media of which ones to elect.Mexico’s electoral authority said Wednesday it also had investigated cases of physical guides handed out to potential voters in Mexico City and Nuevo Leon state, something it said could amount to “coercion.”“The way in which this reform was designed does not give people greater access to justice. It was designed to take control of the judiciary and blur the division of powers,” De la Fuente said.

Others warn that the overhaul could open the judiciary to questionable judges and allow organized crime to further influence Mexico’s justice system.A number of candidates have raised eyebrows. Chief among them is

, a former lawyer for drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who is running to be a criminal court judge in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

Critics “speak out of ignorance because whether or not I’ve represented some person doesn’t transform you into that person,” she told the AP as she handed out campaign flyers to people crossing the border from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas.Other politicians fret about the proliferation of pet-keeping as a symptom of a bigger crisis. They ask why young people in Argentina choose raising pets over raising children as the country ages rapidly.

“The rankings (of pet ownership) are unsettling. ... Buenos Aires has so many dogs and so few children,” said Clara Muzzio, the city’s conservative deputy mayor. “A world with fewer children is a worse world.”Perhaps Argentina’s most prominent dog fanatic is its right-wing

, who moved into the government house in December 2023 with four English mastiffs that he calls his “four-legged children.”, Milei named Murray, Milton, Robert and Lucas after the