In 2020, President López Obrador’s announcement to commemorate Tenochtitlán’s founding date sparked criticism from historians, who argue it occurred in 1325, not 1321. Despite expert concerns, a celebration took place in 2021, leading to further plans for a 2025 commemoration aimed at reinterpreting Mexico City’s historical narrative and roots.
Federico Reyes Heroles “Always take sides.Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.Silence strengthens the executioner, never the tormented.“ Elie Wiesel Why do you post so much, he was asked. He turned to Wiesel, an indispensable author who refers to the Holocaust, to persecution, to death. …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Thousands of Mexican civic society organizations are calling on their millions of members across the country to gather next May 19 in the public squares of their neighborhoods, communities, towns, and cities for the launching of the last citizens’ march to the …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Uncertainty has taken possession of the electoral process and its possible outcomes. Many factors, some noisy and others more intangible, are interacting to generate new tones of confusion and bewilderment in citizens’ evaluations of the development of the electoral process, of the …
Maria Amparo Casar I begin by expressing my gratitude for the support I have received from so many friends, colleagues, organizations and citizens who have made me feel supported and accompanied in the situation that I must tell today, to my regret. I lack words …
Joaquín López Dóriga entrevista a Federico Reyes Heroles sobre la confiabilidad de los datos de las encuestas previas a las elecciones de Junio de 2024. y Conversación de Carlos Loret de Mola con Héctor Aguilar Camín y Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez sobre el futuro inmediato y los riesgos para la democracia en México. Y, Ciro Gómez Leyva y Manuel Feregrino entrevistan a Manlio Fabio Beltrones sobre su regreso a la vida política y el panorama antes de las elecciones.
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce President López Obrador has consistently carved out his legacy. He attacks, defames, harasses, and insults. He behaves not as a president but as a neighborhood vandal. He has educated a generation of his followers by teaching them that this is the best …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce President López Obrador is beside himself. He is what follows from furious. He’s raging. What conditions made him resemble Adolf Hitler in the last days of World War II when German defeat was inevitable? The latest externalization of his inner state of …
Federico Reyes Heroles …Mask the face and mask the smile. Octavio Paz He told me in a tone that he couldn’t take “no” for an answer. He knows it. Just a pancake was the final blow. Here we go, to La Sirenita (The Little Mermaid), …
