Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Can you imagine what would happen to López Obrador and his government if he did not do the mañanera every morning? What would be the effect on his political presence and the electoral strength of Morena, Claudia as a candidate, and the …
Luis Rubio The Good Tsar is a myth. There are good and bad presidents in history, an inevitable circumstance of human nature and the complex reality. What is unacceptable is submitting the population to the possibility that its president might be good. The essence of …
Emiliano Polo* The hazardous compulsion for a military takeover of civil institutions in Mexico has been the trademark of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s presidency. A recent study by CIDE University found that, between 2006 and 2021, over 246 government functions, previously in charge of civilian …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy of empowering military commanders with a shower of projects and contracts without any oversight of public money is a direct plundering of the public assets and wealth of the Mexican State and, therefore, represents a plundering of …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The scene said it all. And it captured the public’s imagination: a President dressed as if he were terminally ill, with his head notoriously bowed before the general. It was a very Latin American photograph. How often have we witnessed that scene …
Luis Rubio One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking from a restless sleep, he discovered that he had been transformed into a monstrous insect while he was in bed. Without a doubt a transcendental occurrence for Samsa, the character of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, but perhaps too …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The anticipated winner is he who calculates everything; the anticipated loser is he who calculates little. He who calculates much wins; he who calculates little perishes. Sun Tzu The frontal, thermonuclear attack of the Mexican State against Xóchitl Gálvez’s candidacy was not …
Luis Rubio In the realm of folklore and ancient traditions, as set forth by Carlos Lozada, myths are tales forever retold for their wisdom and underlying truths. No one understands this logic better than President López Obrador, who is not only a master of narrative …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce There has been so much discussion about who would be the best candidates for Morena that the issue of their proposals has been forgotten. Nobody knows for sure how the method evolved. It is known that the first conclusion about the “Morenista …
