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Falling Short

February 22, 2021October 2, 2020

Image: United Nations Luis Rubio “What has to be done if ever the people vote to establish a dictatorship?” wonders Karl Popper, the great student of democracy and open societies. Most democracies, says the author, include provisions to prevent that from happening, such as requiring qualified majorities in Congress. Legally or not, the fact is …

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Governments of hate

February 22, 2021September 28, 2020

Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Antonio Navalón Tomorrow the electoral campaigns will officially begin in the United States. The first debate between the two candidates, President Donald Trump and candidate Joe Biden marks the beginning of the final stretch. The last mile. The bets are very close and the forecast about what will happen next November …

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lose in Mexico

August 3, 2023September 27, 2020

The captain has lost his way and the ship is heading into unchartered waters at full steam Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Manuel Suárez-Mier No amount of evidence and hard facts are able to move Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) from the world of fantasy and lies that he has built to deceive his …

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Is a leaderless world feasible?

February 22, 2021September 26, 2020

Whether “A Leaderless and Divided World will be the New Normal” was discussed at a virtual conference hosted by the Singapore Summit. Niall Fergusson asserted: “The world has an inherent need for leadership. If the U.S. genuinely can no longer provide it, someone else will. Perhaps China, perhaps — who knows — a European Union who now …

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Realities and Ruptures

February 22, 2021September 25, 2020

Photo: iStock by Getty Images Luis Rubio “Each generation doubtless feels called upon to save the world” Albert Camus begins saying in his speech on obtaining the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature. That is the spirit with which Mexican President López Obrador appears to have undertaken his government: change everything. There were good reasons to …

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Hell

February 22, 2021September 21, 2020

Photo: Felix Weinitschke on Unsplash Antonio Navalón In life, there are always many ways to move on, but what I have clear is that it is not enough to have the desire to do it, much less to have a reason for it, but it is also necessary to find a way to succeed. Getting …

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The New Context

February 22, 2021September 18, 2020

Photo: iStock by Getty Images Luis Rubio King Canute of Denmark (990 A.D.) is famous for having positioned his throne on the beach surrounded by his entire entourage; seated near the waves, he commanded these to come to a halt, but ended up being drenched by them: Canute was ordering the waves to halt not …

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The end of the wait

February 22, 2021September 15, 2020

Photo: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Antonio Navalón The world clears its throat. In a physical and figurative sense. We all carry the same thing in our throats: the enormous question of what comes next from here. But do not give it more lapses, everything is clear. It is moving to see how political parties and …

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Mexico’s Investment Climate Statements

February 22, 2021September 11, 2020

2020 Investment Climate Statements: Mexico EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2019, Mexico became the United States’ top trading partner in goods and remains one of its most important investment partners. Bilateral trade grew 654 percent 1993-2019, and Mexico is the United States’ second largest export market and third largest trading partner. The United States is …

One more envelope

February 22, 2021September 11, 2020

Photo: Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash Luis Rubio In the “envelope theory” –an old joke of Mexican politics- the outgoing president leaves three envelopes to his successor. When things get stuck, the president, pressed, remembers the envelopes and opens the first one. “Blame me” says the paper. President López Obrador opened the first envelope sometime prior …

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