Luis Rubio Mexicans have become accustomed to living in a world of alternative reality: things are not the way they are, and instead of calling them by their right name, Mexicans sweeten them with pretentious synonyms and euphemisms so they will appear logical and commonplace, …
Antonio Navalón In Mexico, our leader does not allow himself to be trapped by that vulgarity for the weak, which means that the Law is the Law. It is known by all that in politics, the one who gets angry loses. For many years now, …
Luis Rubio The system of separation of powers devised by Montesquieu had the main purpose of protecting the freedoms and rights of the citizenry. The idea was that the three branches of government would strike a balance that would make abuse by any of the …
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Ana María Salazar With everything that has happened in the last two weeks with the recall referendum, we can now be sure that López Obrador believes he has no limits. It does not matter if they promote citizen participation as ‘revocation of the mandate’ or …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Welcome to our ranks, Comrade General Rodriguez Bucio! The government is celebrating that from his position as head of the National Guard, the General’s presence will be of the utmost importance in the President’s effort not to feel alone. The control over …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce A country literally blanketed with illegal electoral propaganda does not bode well for a credible outcome. And if it is a matter of holding elections to establish democratic criteria about majority and minority opinions in society, in that case, illegal propaganda not …
Luis Rubio Scarcely two years into the Peña Nieto government, the political ambiance had been upended, and, in retrospect, the electorate had already decided the outcome of the 2018 presidential election. All that today’s president and his retinue had to do was refrain from engaging …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Squandering is the adjective that comes to mind in any conversation when talking about the misnamed Revocation of Mandate. It is not even a revocation anymore. It is, instead, a ratification exercise where the only one competing is AMLO against AMLO. That …
Antonio Navalón I do not know if President López Obrador was ever seduced to play the role of the David who would sink the modern Goliath in his dreams or childhood. I do not know if, in all his memories of his long university career …