Luis Rubio What carries the day: the discourse or the reality? The discourse says, “We’re doing well,” “I have other data,” and “For the good of all, first the poor.” The reality, however, says something else: the country is not progressing, unemployment has spiked, poverty …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce If AMLO learned anything from his most recent “medical absence”, it is that his candidates to succeed him (Corcholatas) enjoy neither widespread sympathy nor legitimacy. None of the three succeeded in projecting themselves as national leaders with a credible voice. Adán tried …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce William Shakespeare wrote: “All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,… sometimes frequently”. The opposition in Mexico gives the impression of fulfilling the profile proposed by Shakespeare: it goes on and off …
Luis Rubio To dream about achieving Nirvana in record time is always grandiose; to convince voters that this endeavor is possible and within reach is what politicians do, above all, campaigning candidates all around the globe. The approach would seem unbeatable if that is seasoned …
Érase una vez un hermoso país en medio de dos océanos donde la naturaleza era hermosa y generosa; sus gentes eran diversas en apariencia, cultura y dialectos; construían pirámides, calculaban calendarios, rendían culto y registraban el movimiento de los cuerpos celestes. Milenios después, su cultura …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Verbal violence by political leaders inevitably leads to physical (even lethal) violence between each other’s supporters. This is what is happening in Mexico. The great promoter of violence is the President of the Republic. His conduct is irresponsible and unacceptable. An immediate …
Antonio Navalón Every moment that passes, with the parliamentary majority assembled, doing whatever it takes to maintain it – such as, for example, dismissing and appointing senators instantly, as happened last April 28 – the lightning that does not cease; the relentless flow of the …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Latin American left has always fantasized about political alliances with militarist nationalism. And this leftist fantasy is based on assumptions, whether true or not, about who the military institutions are and whom they serve. The problem is that the Army’s conception …
Luis Rubio In the official version, the only thing left to define the next six years is the name of the Morena candidate (corcholata: his candidates to succeed him) awarded the requisite finger tap (dedazo) by the president. If that were so simple, why such …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce A furious AMLO revealed his political project openly: to demolish the State in order to have all the power. The President wants to reign over a country where citizens are obedient and submissive subjects surrendered to his feet, silenced and subdued. That …