A New Subject of Hatred and a New Route

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Zócalo event was what it was supposed to be: massive mobilization leaving the plaza before the beginning and hatred, a lot of hatred. There was an accumulation of promises and a blurring of responsibility for criminality, violence, lack of medical attention, …

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AMLO, Trump, and Bolsonaro.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce. These three characters, AMLO, Trump, and Bolsonaro, profit from the accusation of electoral fraud, while all three were elected Presidents. All three used extreme social, economic, and political polarization as their privileged instrument to hold on to power. And all three have …

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The Negotiation

Luis Rubio  Three truths are indisputable:  President López Obrador is unrepeatable; public finances are more vulnerable than they appear; and the election of Mexico’s next president will have of necessity to be the beginning of a great negotiation for building a new future. Whoever wins, …

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Siberia

Juan Villoro The Earth is burning. After the coronavirus pandemic, global warming is advancing as an irreversible threat. The dramatic thing is not that the summer of 2023 will be particularly torrid but that it will be the coolest of the years to come. For …

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Desperate Pursuit of Love

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce President López Obrador calls for a large demonstration in the capital’s Zócalo next Saturday, July 1, to be celebrated, recognized, cheered, and loved. Remember the poster that appears in the Italian Western “Los Héroes de Mesa Verde” (C’era una volta la rivoluzione). …

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All in the Family

Antonio Navalón We live in an era in which we will eventually have to look back to understand exactly what happened when the memes were gone and the few remaining newsprint papers take on their characteristic yellowish color. For now, however, we must focus on …

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What will be left?

Luis Rubio Step by step, the project of concentration of power is now in its final phase with its consequent economic risks and inevitable destruction of civility. This statement will seem excessive to many, but history shows that when power is concentrated in a single …

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Hurry, Hurry.

Antonio Navalón It has been a long time since politics ceased to be a rational element and became a curious reaction that is absolutely fleeting and variable according to the different trends of the moment. The revolution in technology and freedoms we have lived through …

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