{"id":2443,"date":"2026-06-30T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/morena-demands-public-apology-from-el-universal-over-false-claims-about-amlo-and-monsivais\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:43:37","slug":"morena-demands-public-apology-from-el-universal-over-false-claims-about-amlo-and-monsivais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/morena-demands-public-apology-from-el-universal-over-false-claims-about-amlo-and-monsivais\/","title":{"rendered":"Morena demands public apology from El Universal over false claims about AMLO and Monsiv\u00e1is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 18, El Universal published a controversial piece by journalist Edmundo C\u00e1zarez, presented as a tribute to the late writer Carlos Monsiv\u00e1is on the 16th anniversary of his death. The article revived an alleged 27-year-old interview in which Monsiv\u00e1is supposedly claimed to have sheltered Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador for nine months when AMLO was 19, fleeing Macuspana, Tabasco, after accidentally killing his brother. The text also included a suggestive mention of \u201cdelicious and fun nights\u201d spent together.<\/p>\n<p>However, El Universal later admitted it could not verify the authenticity of this interview or the claims made within it. In response, Morena\u2019s national leadership has demanded a formal, direct, and public apology to the former president for the unfounded insinuations.<\/p>\n<p>This episode highlights ongoing tensions around media responsibility and the portrayal of public figures in Mexico. For many, it raises questions about the ethics of reviving unsubstantiated stories that can affect personal dignity and political discourse. Meanwhile, Morena\u2019s call for accountability underscores the party\u2019s stance on protecting the reputations of its leaders amid a polarized media landscape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PartidoMorenaMx\/status\/2072018611368042961\"><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 18, El Universal published a controversial piece by journalist Edmundo C\u00e1zarez, presented as a tribute to the late writer Carlos Monsiv\u00e1is on the 16th anniversary of his death. The article revived an alleged 27-year-old interview in which Monsiv\u00e1is supposedly claimed to have sheltered Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador for nine months when AMLO was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nacional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443\/revisions\/2444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}