Nobody Watches Over the Army.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Guacamaya Leaks confirm, beyond any doubt, that no one is watching over the National Army. This lack of oversight and accountability represents a serious threat to the existence of the democratic State in Mexico. In democratic societies, security and intelligence agencies …

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Ambivalences

Luis Rubio The verdict in the trial of García Luna directly affects the individual accused. However, along the way, the questioning exposed the entire Mexican political system and exhibited a world of ambivalences concerning justice, drugs, corruption, and the Mexico–United States relationship. It was not …

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Mexico 2023, A Closer View.

Image: Mostafa Meraji on Unsplash As part of our offer to subscribers, we regularly select some analyses and prognoses of sectors, regions, or potential outcomes of events from qualified sources and combine them in a set suitable for easy consultation in one single piece. Today we share research from Morgan Stanley regarding the importance of …

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The Tamaulipas Massacre.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The massacre of five young men in Tamaulipas at the hands of a military detachment is the absolute refutation of everything AMLO has said about his official strategy against organized crime. And it comes at the worst moment: when the U.S. Congress …

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Power and Wealth

Luis Rubio The great success of capitalism has been the generation of wealth and prosperity for billions of global inhabitants, and at the heart of that system of the economic organization lies a crucial concept:  the separation of political power from wealth. Although capitalism and …

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2024 Begins Today

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce 2024 began this February 26 when the opposition gathered in rallies, gathering millions of people all over and outside the country. While the ruling party flutters around its three (or are there four?) corcholatas (Bottle caps) that do not discuss proposals -because …

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Legislationitis

Luis Rubio How strange is the course of action of the government in legislative matters. Despite being able to count on wide-ranging majorities in both chambers, Morena party adherents tend to blunder due to the lack of clarity of the bills dispatched by the Executive …

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