María Beatriz Pagés Llergo Rebollar (born 25 February 1954) is a Mexican journalist and politician from the

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. From 2006 to 2009 she served as Deputy of the

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representing the

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. She quit from the party, saying that it had been handed over to president

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. She has been critical of the president's party and government, calling it "populist, destructive, and authoritarian". Pagés is the Director of the political magazine ''

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'', founded by her father, journalist

José Pagés Llergo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

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1951 births Living people Politicians from Guadalajara, Jalisco Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mexican journalists Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Mexico City Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Members of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1950s-stub