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The US Senate must convict Trump.

Photo: C-SPAN Manuel Suárez-Mier* Although Trump has already left the United States capital, his presence is still toxic as his impeachment in Congress continues, passed already in the House of Representatives, with a single article accusing him of “inciting insurrection” by arguing in a spurious manner and mendacity, that there was a massive electoral fraud. …

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USA: the Bipolar Tiger

Photo: george Desipris on Pexels Antonio Navalón With believers praying and looking to heaven as if they were invoking divine protection. In fear that it happened for the first time what had never happened before, this was the sworn-in of the 46th president of the United States of America, Joseph Biden. Photo: Jeanetta Richardson on …

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Mexico from the United States

Photo: Viktor Cap on iStock Luis Rubio “The best national interest for the United States is for Mexico to become a prosperous country,” I was told by General Brent Scowcroft, the National Security Advisor of the first President Bush when I interviewed him for a book on NAFTA’s 20th anniversary. The consummation of that treaty …

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Dark Times

Photo: Ryan De Hamer on Unsplash Antonio Navalón One of the most important cultural breaks that humanity is aware of was the Middle Ages’ passage to the Renaissance. This was a complete change that coincided with the explosion of some of the most important pandemics – for example, the Black Plague – that took place …

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Incompetence and Dogma Pose Deadly Threats

Photo: Sergei Chuyko on iStock Manuel Suárez-Mier* Mexico’s top energy bureaucrats are fans of AMLO but lack critical knowledge and experience to manage the key sector successfully. Mexico has always been treated by the US national security establishment as an afterthought, which is a big mistake since the possible consequences to the US of a …

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Here we go

Photo: Anastasia Shuraeva on Pexels Luis Rubio This will be the decisive year for Mexico. It will be the last opportunity for the government and the last opportunity for the opposition. The clash of those two forces will determine whether Mexico will continue adrift or whether it will find its way in the face of …

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The Tacky Evildoer is Kicked out of the White House

Photo: Jon Tyson on Unsplash Manuel Suárez Mier Four years ago, with Donald Trump recently inaugurated as US president, I published in Excélsior a prophetic text of what his performance in office would be entitled “A barbaric arrived at the White House.”* However, I never thought he would attempt a coup to stay. For those …

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Trump: Final Act?

Photo: Jon Tyson on Unsplash Antonio Navalón On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States on Capitol Hill, and that day he delivered a speech similar to those that had brought him to the White House. A speech in which he promised to clean up the swamp and end …

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Contrast

Photo: Dayvison de Oliveira Silva on Pexels Luis Rubio Conflict is the essence of politics since it is the art of negotiation that allows conflict to be faced, managed, and processed. The most fundamental difference between societies facing conflict lies in how they resolve it, not in the very fact of its existence. Last week, …

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Failed Coup in the United States

Photo: NBC News José Manuel Suárez Mier The only way to explain the quarrelsome attitude of the President of Mexico towards President-elect Joe Biden is that he agrees with Donald Trump, who, despite his defeat, insists that the election was fraudulent and therefore supports his attempted coup as he tried it himself in 2006. Being …

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