Presidential Confessions.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Two confessions from President López Obrador in one week, each more fantastic than the other. And in the same week, as if they were an ill-timed justification to explain his decision to establish a political-commercial alliance with the Armed Forces, illegally transferring …

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Extremisms.

Luis Rubio “Great cases [before de Supreme Court] like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not because of their importance in shaping the law of the future, but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the …

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Masked.

Juan Villoro Health only exists when we lose it. Under normal circumstances, we do not realize that we are breathing. Illness represents an opportunity to value a healthy body and even to understand the world differently. The elongated figures of El Greco are attributed to …

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A Testimonial from Chile

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The result of the Constitutional referendum in Chile, with 88% of the ballot boxes counted: 38% Approve, 62% Reject. Early in the morning and, therefore, when the voting continued, I received this testimonial from Patricia Morales, founder and former President of Chile’s …

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Divergences.

Luis Rubio In solidarity with José Sarukhán The preposterous is everywhere. Some indulge their preferences rather than embrace reality. As happened to Kafka in the village of Zürau, where he wrote about the teeming mice in his sanatorium’s surroundings. He speculated on the urgency of …

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The Gladiator

Juan Villoro In 2009, before the Champions League final, Pep Guardiola had his players watch scenes from the movie Gladiator to motivate them. They were playing in Rome. Barça triumphed in a coliseum reminiscent of the enslaved Athletics of another time. In August 2020, Messi …

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AMLO’s Interventionism.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Since the beginning of his administration, López Obrador has insisted that he applies the classic interpretation of the Estrada Doctrine as the guiding axis of his foreign policy. He has repeatedly said that the best foreign policy is domestic policy. But as …

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500 Cuban Military in Mexico.

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The organization Prisoners Defenders revealed that 500 Cuban military personnel recently entered Mexico. This was related to one of them who lived through the process. He said that they entered the country through Mexican military air bases without being registered by immigration …

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