North America

What to do?

Photo: Pierre Bamin on Unsplash Liébano Sáenz The President does not believe in or practice transparency, the right to information, and even less accountability; for him, the law is not the law, hence his disdain for the Constitution. The opposition faces a dilemma: whether to discuss the President’s reform initiatives. Last Tuesday, the President was …

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Eagerness for Militarism

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO is teaming up with the military to alleviate his uncertainty on the June elections as if seeking to mitigate a killing pain. It will be his last resort in the feared eventuality of a total or partial defeat. He does not …

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What’s Missing?

Luis Rubio Paraphrasing Albert Camus in his speech on receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature, “all governments doubtless feel called upon to reform the world.” Few achieve it. As soon as their mandate ends, the reverberations begin: what remained inconclusive, what was not done, what …

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Coexistence

Federico Reyes Heroles To exist is not enough. The human being grows in coexistence. Deep down, those who cannot coexist are very poor, miserable of soul, for Victor Hugo. February 5, 2024, will be remembered as a monument to the inability to coexist. To coexist, …

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AMLO is running for reelection

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Tomorrow, February 5, AMLO will present his government plan to ensure his reelection. He will present his vision of the Mexico he wants to govern. He wants a country where the Executive is all-powerful and not subject to questioning, institutional obstacles, or …

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How to read the polls?

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Polls have become a deadly weapon in the fight for the Presidency of the Republic. Based on the actual or apparent results of the polls, the campaigns construct narratives that are transmitted through different channels to the segments of the population they …

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Governance (Part II)

Luis Rubio The problems pile up while the capacity to respond diminishes. If to this one were to add the utter unwillingness of the government to find solutions to the problems that appear (and to those that it unnecessarily generates), the explosive potential, above all …

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Pride

Federico Reyes Heroles True strength comes from recognizing limitations. Mahatma Gandhi The word pride is misleading. He is imperious! It alludes to arrogance and vanity. At the other extreme, to be proud of someone, an ancestor or a descendant, of an institution fills the soul. …

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On how the six-year term ends

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO threatens to propose 36 constitutional changes next February 5 by avoiding attending the event to commemorate the Constitution. It is necessary to analyze the origin of the President’s bizarre and erratic behavior, barely eight months away from leaving office. If, for …

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