The Countdown

Antonio Navalón It was like an illumination. On the afternoon of June 4, President López Obrador saw his vision for the future of Mexico become clearer. The next step he had to take was to seek to consolidate and give continuity to what he had …

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Unity?

Luis Rubio The brew is complicated in itself: an unsatisfied electorate, a culture hardly prone to reaching compromises and considering the rights of others, and a tradition devoted to dividing rather than adding up. The past years have displayed the best and the worst of …

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Interpretations

Luis Rubio The narrative hides more than it illuminates: its purpose is not to explain the circumstances or argue in favor of this or that proposal but to control the national conversation and strengthen a message whose intention has nothing to do with progress or …

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The discourse of hatred.

Antonio Navalón People. People. People. We are the people. Nothing without the people. Everything with the people. At some point in history, Andrés Manuel López Obrador would change his identity to place a new sign of identity which is the one he chooses, embraces, and …

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In the midst of so much death, life goes on.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Two deaths in the left in one week: Adolfo Gilly and Porfirio Muñoz Ledo. Both, each in their own way, left teachings, theses, and paths. Both political militants: Adolfo, a revolutionary, and Porfirio, an institutional revolutionary. That slight difference distanced them, even …

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A New Subject of Hatred and a New Route

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Zócalo event was what it was supposed to be: massive mobilization leaving the plaza before the beginning and hatred, a lot of hatred. There was an accumulation of promises and a blurring of responsibility for criminality, violence, lack of medical attention, …

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The Negotiation

Luis Rubio  Three truths are indisputable:  President López Obrador is unrepeatable; public finances are more vulnerable than they appear; and the election of Mexico’s next president will have of necessity to be the beginning of a great negotiation for building a new future. Whoever wins, …

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Desperate Pursuit of Love

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce President López Obrador calls for a large demonstration in the capital’s Zócalo next Saturday, July 1, to be celebrated, recognized, cheered, and loved. Remember the poster that appears in the Italian Western “Los Héroes de Mesa Verde” (C’era una volta la rivoluzione). …

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