Luis Rubio The world of the last three decades was a historical anomaly: the end of the Cold War seemed to freeze the planet due to the existence of a superpower that made irrelevant the traditional zones of influence, where each regional power imposed its …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce In 2020, at the beginning of the economic downturn caused by the Covid pandemic, Banamex’s research division made a risky forecast. It stated that the Mexican economy will not manage to recover the level it was at when López Obrador assumed the …
Antonio Navalón For many, June 29, the day on which NATO members signed the Madrid Declaration at the summit meeting, is a watershed in modern history. It is not only because NATO – an element in crisis – has been wholly revived due to Vladimir …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The National Civic Front (FCN), founded Today, July 2, puts forward three proposals for the opposition in Mexico. It is an organization that brings together long-standing political leaders who are contributing their knowledge and experience alongside the citizenry that has recently entered …
Luis Rubio “The future is already here, wrote the novelist William Gibson; it’s just not evenly distributed.” The change that the world is experiencing is unstoppable and taking place on all fronts, some benign and others exceedingly risky. In recent weeks a series of news reports …
Luis Rubio Mexico’s president thinks his penny-pinching has kept the peso afloat, but the real support has come from across the border. MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s president is obsessed with the peso-dollar exchange rate. Looking back at Mexican history, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is certain …
Juan Villoro I met Uruguayan sociologist Gabriel Gatti in the fall of 2019 at Stanford University. It was my first contact with someone who, interestingly enough, is dedicated to studying the disappearance of people. We tuned in immediately because we were facing the same predicament. …
Antonio Navalón The newly elected President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has once again demonstrated an undeniable fact about the reality of the American continent. Colombia is the country in America where not only – in my opinion – the clearest and most fluent Spanish is …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Mexico is experiencing a process of normalization of violence. Yes: drug trafficking violence, but also violence against women, abuse, and violence against children, in the family and school environments. Violence against businesses and the economy in general. The payment of extortion “derecho …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The opportunities to unite the opposition in 2024 are disappearing as sand between the fingers. Infected by the virus of polarization, the infection of sectarianism and radicalism are beginning to replace generosity and humility in the behavior of the civil society that …