Mexico: Ten Political Risks for 2024

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report analyzes the ten main risks that may affect the business environment anddemocratic governance of the country in 2024. The analysis is based on an originalmethodology from Integralia that assesses the potential impact and probability of occurrenceof each risk using quantitative and …

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In plain view: an illegitimate election.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO’s public policies have paved the way for Mexico to an illegitimate election. It seems senseless for the President to take this path that disqualifies the presidential election he wants to win no matter what. We have previously related the signs of …

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Awakening

Federico Reyes Heroles It is easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled.Mark Twain Days of wishes, of resolutions. The idea of an awakening is around. But it is not the natural act of coming out of sleep; many expect a national …

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The Sin of Power and Greed

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The country is experiencing an explosion of criminal violence against communities throughout the country and unrestrained official corruption. The two phenomena (criminal violence and official corruption) live concatenated with each other, like soul mates. One protects and feeds the other, and vice …

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Philosophies

Luis Rubio Two philosophies of power divide the world: one seeks its concentration to guarantee that the State has full powers to advance equality, while the other seeks its decentralization to ensure citizens’ freedom. The first, originally articulated by Rousseau, is the favorite of governments …

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Hopelessness

Federico Reyes Heroles The word is beautiful phonetically and beautiful in its meaning: hope. It is a state of mind (of the soul) that arises when what one desires is presented as attainable. In hope, desire loses any hint of fantasy and becomes earthly; it …

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