Antonio Navalón In the midst of the discussion and the claims to count ballot by ballot and polling station by polling station – in the way of bringing back what happened in 2006 – today, what is a reality is the confrontation that Mexicans have …
Photo: Element Digital on Pexels Luis Rubio Today’s the day (Sunday), the day of the citizenry. The day on which, with their vote, the citizens will individually express their feelings for the government and their expectations for the future. There have been few times that a midterm election has been so transcendental, and that is …
Anthony Bourdain * 10 January 2018 Americans love Mexican food. We consume nachos, tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, tamales, and anything resembling Mexican in enormous quantities. We love Mexican beverages, happily knocking back huge amounts of tequila, mezcal, and Mexican beer every year. We love Mexican people—we …
Antonio Navalón In the morning after the elections, things will be terribly confusing. For the good of everyone and the country, I hope this is not the case. We are at a time in the history of humanity in which emotions have definitely managed to …
Image: Giulia May on Unsplash Luis Rubio Next Sunday, June 6, will be a key day for the future of Mexico. It is the day on which the electorate will decide whether it will vote for the existence of counterweights to power or whether it will ratify the course that, step by step, the president …
Gross Domestic Product, 1st Quarter 2021 (Second Estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2021 (Preliminary Estimate) Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 (table 1), according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of …
Manuel Suárez-Mier * Mexican President has effectively declared himself the sole arbiter of the nation’s democratic processes as his popularity plummets new lows. With crucial midterm elections in two weeks, the political situation in Mexico is deteriorating quickly. The government promotes polarization and violent confrontation …
Photo: Amar Kun Kawakibi on Unsplash Luis Rubio An old aphorism holds that nostalgia is not what it used to be. However, it constitutes a heavy burden that never quite disappears. Two sources of nostalgia cloud Spartans and Trojans in current Mexican politics. The president leads with his nostalgia for the seventies, the idyllic moment …
Luis Rubio The old Soviet Union maintained cohesiveness due to the ideological monopoly that the Communist Party exercised during an era in which the government totally controlled access to information. In fact, says David Satter,* “the imaginary world of Marxist–Leninist ideology never really went away …
Antonio Navalón Societies are falling apart, and with them, collective life projects and hope for the future disappear, which in the end are the only ones that maintain social cohesion. The flagship that President Joseph Biden is using to relaunch and stabilize the political and …