The Sin of Power and Greed

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The country is experiencing an explosion of criminal violence against communities throughout the country and unrestrained official corruption. The two phenomena (criminal violence and official corruption) live concatenated with each other, like soul mates. One protects and feeds the other, and vice …

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Philosophies

Luis Rubio Two philosophies of power divide the world: one seeks its concentration to guarantee that the State has full powers to advance equality, while the other seeks its decentralization to ensure citizens’ freedom. The first, originally articulated by Rousseau, is the favorite of governments …

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Hopelessness

Federico Reyes Heroles The word is beautiful phonetically and beautiful in its meaning: hope. It is a state of mind (of the soul) that arises when what one desires is presented as attainable. In hope, desire loses any hint of fantasy and becomes earthly; it …

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The yellow photos

Antonio Navalón Every political campaign – even more so if it is a presidential one and a campaign in which hundreds of new public officials will be elected – is always made under the combination of what will be fresh and what is already known …

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Memory is History as well as Future.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO governs by fleeing forward. He leaves behind him a trail of destruction, anticipating that people will forget what he did, seeking to reinvent himself at every turn, creating smokescreens and scandal to make it practically impossible to follow in his footsteps. …

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Compass

Luis Rubio “How can a country retain viability when its structures are focused on other purposes? It is worse when the objective is expressly preserving poverty, not development.” Plying the compass has not been the strong suit of most of Mexico’s governments, certainly not during …

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Naked

Federico Reyes Heroles The liar, if he fails to convince you, tries to confuse you. Anonymous “…In February, I will be the first”, he said with the modern humbleness that characterizes him. We see the country as orange; the only thing that matters to us …

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The ideal precampaign

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Several social sectors consulted by this column agreed they want more from the pre-campaigns. Making an effort to summarize, I could say that what they are looking for is more substance and less rhetoric. They ask for seriousness and focus. Solutions to …

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