A Strip of Fire
Antonio Navalón No war is like any other. If one looks at the prelude to the war of 1914 or 1939, one will realize that in both cases, one of the only constants was the denial or omission of reality by the countries that ended …
Opinions Worth Sharing
Op-Ed: 15 Notes on Mexico’s New Militarism
Emiliano Polo* The hazardous compulsion for a military takeover of civil institutions in Mexico has been the trademark of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s presidency. A recent study by CIDE University found that, between 2006 and 2021, over 246 government functions, previously in charge of civilian …
AMLO’s Damned Inheritance.
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy of empowering military commanders with a shower of projects and contracts without any oversight of public money is a direct plundering of the public assets and wealth of the Mexican State and, therefore, represents a plundering of …
The Flood of Hatred
Antonio Navalón No city in the world is more symbolic and representative of what Americans call the “melting pot” than New York. This place is populated by a mix of migrants from an assortment of nations from all over the world. Throughout the 20th century …
The Reasons for Militarism
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The scene said it all. And it captured the public’s imagination: a President dressed as if he were terminally ill, with his head notoriously bowed before the general. It was a very Latin American photograph. How often have we witnessed that scene …
A Scenario
Luis Rubio One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking from a restless sleep, he discovered that he had been transformed into a monstrous insect while he was in bed. Without a doubt a transcendental occurrence for Samsa, the character of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, but perhaps too …
The Wrath of God
Antonio Navalón As the chosen people, for having accompanied Moses since the Exodus or for having stood up against the one who presented himself as “I am who I am”, Israel is a people difficult to understand. It is a nation with a tradition of …
Days of Polarization and Hatred
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Niger, Chad, Congo, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador and… Mexico. These countries have two phenomena in common. First, they are nations (if they can be called that) suffering from processes of internal decomposition …
Fentanyl and Migration, the new Cartels.
Antonio Navalón Every 12 years, Mexican and U.S. presidential elections coincide. This year, at the same time and with the same institutional instability, Mexico will elect a President, and the United States will select who? In the U.S. case, the balance will be tipped in …
Xóchitl and Sun Tzu’s lessons
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The anticipated winner is he who calculates everything; the anticipated loser is he who calculates little. He who calculates much wins; he who calculates little perishes. Sun Tzu The frontal, thermonuclear attack of the Mexican State against Xóchitl Gálvez’s candidacy was not …