The Army Submits the President

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The SEDENALeaks (Secretariat of National Defense or SEDENA) have forced us to rethink how the political system works in our country. Particularly about the role of the Armed Forces in the decision-making cycle between civilian and military authorities. The revelations are not …

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Democracy in Uniform

Antonio Navalón The night of October 4 and the dawn of October 5 made people believe that the six-year term of President López Obrador had come to an end and that the new government, led by the Mexican Armed Forces, was entering to dispose of, …

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After AMLO

Luis Rubio What is it that is left in the wake of a disruptive president whose objective -de facto- has been tearing down instead of building? That is the question that Mexicans should be scrutinizing as the present administration begins its final third. The daily …

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You Shall Not Lie!

Antonio Navalón In all major political and social movements in history, generally – over and above attempts to change the legal or historical profile through a process of assimilation – the tendencies that sought legal stability and constitutional defense won out. However, there have also …

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Impunity to Survive

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Impunity runs through the bloodied veins of the massacre in Iguala of 43 students from the rural school in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. During the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto, military participation in the killings was concealed. And now it seems that something similar …

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Statesman or Prophet

Luis Rubio According to Ecclesiastes, there is “a time to destroy and a time to build… a time to tear and a time to mend… a time for war and a time for peace.” The pertinent question for Mexico is which of those ways of …

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