Presidential Confessions.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Two confessions from President López Obrador in one week, each more fantastic than the other. And in the same week, as if they were an ill-timed justification to explain his decision to establish a political-commercial alliance with the Armed Forces, illegally transferring …

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The Kingdom of this World.

In his masterpiece, whose title is borrowed for this piece, Alejo Carpentier distinguishes the difference between magical thinking and the marvelous real -not to be confused with García Márquez’s magical realism-. Writes Carpentier:  “But it is that many forget, by disguising themselves as magicians and …

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Divergences.

Luis Rubio In solidarity with José Sarukhán The preposterous is everywhere. Some indulge their preferences rather than embrace reality. As happened to Kafka in the village of Zürau, where he wrote about the teeming mice in his sanatorium’s surroundings. He speculated on the urgency of …

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AMLO’s Interventionism.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Since the beginning of his administration, López Obrador has insisted that he applies the classic interpretation of the Estrada Doctrine as the guiding axis of his foreign policy. He has repeatedly said that the best foreign policy is domestic policy. But as …

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