Luis Rubio Scarcely two years into the Peña Nieto government, the political ambiance had been upended, and, in retrospect, the electorate had already decided the outcome of the 2018 presidential election. All that today’s president and his retinue had to do was refrain from engaging …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Squandering is the adjective that comes to mind in any conversation when talking about the misnamed Revocation of Mandate. It is not even a revocation anymore. It is, instead, a ratification exercise where the only one competing is AMLO against AMLO. That …
Antonio Navalón I do not know if President López Obrador was ever seduced to play the role of the David who would sink the modern Goliath in his dreams or childhood. I do not know if, in all his memories of his long university career …
Luis Rubio The paramount question for the future of Mexico is how to create a foundation for its development in the long term. This concerns the eternal dilemma that is the object of distinct proposals and responses every six years, but that never pans out. …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Cuban government has just sentenced 128 people to a total of 1,916 years in prison for protesting peacefully against the high cost of living, the mismanagement of Covid, and the lack of freedoms, on July 11, 2021. Of this total, two …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Judicial Branch in Mexico has abandoned its autonomy to become the demoralized servant of the Executive Branch. And the world watches, stunned, this deterioration. The cases are so many that a brief list is nauseating. A judge suspended Mayor Sandra Cuevas …
Luis Rubio Angela Merkel launched into her speech as would any president or head of state: with aplomb and clarity of message; but what followed was in no manner like typical presidential discourses. It was at an international congress in Berlin ten years ago; the …
Luis Rubio A referendum is supposed to be about initiatives undertaken by citizens or organizations of society to advance their agendas and garner support from the voters at large. In Mexico, the proposed referendum for next April (a new means of direct democracy only approved …
Antonio Navalón Before, they used to buy or assassinate candidates. Today we have reached a narco-democracy in which what they do is that their candidates win and do it convincingly in the electoral processes. Unfortunately, nowadays, the word “war” is in fashion. The war in …
Luis Rubio Mexicans longed for -such was the spirit of the moment thirty years ago and again in 2018- a successful country, developed, more equal, and without the corruption that corrodes everything. But they were never willing to do what was necessary to achieve those …