Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Angel Yael Ignacio Rangel, a student at the University of Guanajuato, was killed by a bullet fired by a ” military-police-soldier”. The homicide provoked protests by students in Guanajuato against the security forces and demanded punishment of the perpetrator. The soldier who …
Luis Rubio Mexicans have become accustomed to living in a world of alternative reality: things are not the way they are, and instead of calling them by their right name, Mexicans sweeten them with pretentious synonyms and euphemisms so they will appear logical and commonplace, …
Juan Villoro On September 11, Sebastián Núñez Pérez and José Antonio Sánchez Juárez, members of the Good Government Council of the Caracol “Floreciendo la Semilla Rebelde“( Flourishing the Rebel Seed), were on their way to San Cristóbal de Las Casas to see off the Zapatista …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce How are the Russian war and Mexico similar? In ideological imposition, the promotion of hatred, and the refusal to dialogue. Of course, that is where the obvious similarities end. Mexico does not face an invading army that destroys its cities, the genocide …
Antonio Navalón In Mexico, our leader does not allow himself to be trapped by that vulgarity for the weak, which means that the Law is the Law. It is known by all that in politics, the one who gets angry loses. For many years now, …
Luis Rubio The system of separation of powers devised by Montesquieu had the main purpose of protecting the freedoms and rights of the citizenry. The idea was that the three branches of government would strike a balance that would make abuse by any of the …
If we don’t defend the earthAt least let’s take care of the moon,A light and pale territory inhabited by dreams and ghosts. If we do not defend the earth, at least we should protect Mars,Source of purple, of fireAnd of the ritual blood. If we …
Juan Villoro Every month, the anthropologist Natalia Mendoza publishes a splendid column in Nexos Magazine in which she analyzes new forms of behavior and the ethical and cultural consequences of contemporary events. In her January 2021 installment, she tackles a decisive but little-mentioned topic in …
Manuel Suárez Mier † *This was originally published on October 23, 2019, by the Asia Times. Author of Asia Times’s wildly popular series “Demolition of Mexico’s economy and democracy” says it’s even worse now: The country has pretty much gone to hell in a handbasket …
Antonio Navalón Humanity is exhausted. We thought we were prepared for everything, understanding that everything meant that someone would take care of us, grow old with good medical care and good health, play golf until we were seventy or live the miracle of Viagra. In …