Coexistence

Federico Reyes Heroles To exist is not enough. The human being grows in coexistence. Deep down, those who cannot coexist are very poor, miserable of soul, for Victor Hugo. February 5, 2024, will be remembered as a monument to the inability to coexist. To coexist, …

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AMLO is running for reelection

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Tomorrow, February 5, AMLO will present his government plan to ensure his reelection. He will present his vision of the Mexico he wants to govern. He wants a country where the Executive is all-powerful and not subject to questioning, institutional obstacles, or …

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How to read the polls?

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Polls have become a deadly weapon in the fight for the Presidency of the Republic. Based on the actual or apparent results of the polls, the campaigns construct narratives that are transmitted through different channels to the segments of the population they …

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Governance (Part II)

Luis Rubio The problems pile up while the capacity to respond diminishes. If to this one were to add the utter unwillingness of the government to find solutions to the problems that appear (and to those that it unnecessarily generates), the explosive potential, above all …

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Pride

Federico Reyes Heroles True strength comes from recognizing limitations. Mahatma Gandhi The word pride is misleading. He is imperious! It alludes to arrogance and vanity. At the other extreme, to be proud of someone, an ancestor or a descendant, of an institution fills the soul. …

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On how the six-year term ends

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO threatens to propose 36 constitutional changes next February 5 by avoiding attending the event to commemorate the Constitution. It is necessary to analyze the origin of the President’s bizarre and erratic behavior, barely eight months away from leaving office. If, for …

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Order and Disorder

Luis Rubio A “trilemma” occurs when three critical objectives exist, but only two are attainable simultaneously. From the time that I became acquainted with this formulation, it seemed to me that it described well the contradictions that characterize Mexico: the search for political and economic …

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Mexico’s Constitutional Amendments: what to expect.

On February 5, President López Obrador is expected to present a batch of tenconstitutional amendments before Congress that will propose changes regardingpensions, minimum wage, the electoral and judicial systems, autonomous bodies, therecall of mandate, and the armed forces, among others. In our view, these proposals …

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The More Power, the More Enemies

Antonio Navalón There is nothing more human than power and the desire to obtain it. Of all our instincts – sexual, survival, love, or other – indeed, that of power is the most courageous. And this, among other reasons, is basically because – once the …

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