Luis Rubio A myth is circulating in Mexico: that of presidentialism without counterweights. This is nothing new. Between the exacerbated presidentialism of yesteryear, including the legislative paralysis in recent decades, and now the latest model of unipersonal government, Mexicans display a propensity for conceiving of …
Rafael Prieto Curiel, Gian Maria Campedelli and Alejandro Hope. Homicides in Latin America are driven by violent cartels. The impact of Mexican cartels is especially far-reaching because they prey upon undocumented migrants along the US-Mexico border, violate human rights, and weaken political and economic institutions. …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce López Obrador defines his government as a long-lasting and far-reaching transformation. However, he skirts the essentially authoritarian character of his proposal. Lord Roxton forbade his companions to shoot at the “huge beast with a great tail” that threatened to eat the whole …
What we’re experiencing now is more than a test of the post-Cold War order. It’s the end of it. The influence of non-state actors is growing – from corporations whose resources rival those of national governments to NGOs providing services to hundreds of millions of …
Riccardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO invited the countries closest to his heart to the September 16, 2023, military parade. All are ruled by dictatorships: Russia, China, Cuba and Nicaragua. Instead of being a parade commemorating a heroic deed in our national life, the president transformed the …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day in 2023 was the staging of the deep sectarianism that defines the government of President López Obrador. By prioritizing the exclusion of the representatives of the other branches of the Mexican State, both Legislative and Judicial …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Xóchitl Gálvez came to revolutionize the political and intellectual life of the country. She revolutionized politics because the opposition acquired a new fighting spirit, cohesion, and purpose, besides having real possibilities of winning the presidency in the next elections. And it revolutionized …
Luis Rubio While the candidacies advance, the political risks increase. Three factors drive the possibility of the country having to confront critical situations during the following year. The first is the most obvious of these: the presidential cycle, everywhere in the world, follows a natural …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Tomorrow, Xóchitl Gálvez will receive the accreditation of her nomination as national coordinator of the Frente Amplio Por México (FAM). In fact, she will be the next candidate for the Presidency of the Republic on behalf of the FAM. The challenges Xóchitl …
Mexico faces a political challenge of enormous dimensions. It needs a new system as the one that ruled for over a century has collapsed. The ease with which the President attacks and dismantles institutions proves that Mexican democracy is far too fragile and that the …