2021 a momentous but confusing year This year has been significant economically and politically, characterized by its great volatility and the deplorable lack of leadership in the Western world. The United States is being governed by a good man with a severe cognitive problem, which …
Luis Rubio The problem with bets is that they are binary: all or nothing. When a government plays the betting game, as when one plays with fire, it can end up badly. For three years, the Mexican president has placed odds on a series of …
The countries’ leaders that form the CUSMA, USMCA, T-MEC will meet for the first time. Three countries agreed to lift trade barriers promoting a regional economic integration. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force on January 1, 1994. Canada, Mexico, and the …
Luis Rubio The confusion is justified because a good part of the population lives in a world of fear or anger, both poor counsels but that, in the era of social media, are not only ubiquitous but dominant. Worse yet, while previously each of these …
Antonio Navalón The visit of U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar to the National Palace is something that, given our history – and above all the enormous impact of our bilateral relationship – is always of greater importance than the visit of any other diplomatic representative. The …
Is it possible that a country’s leader whose corruption level is one of the highest in the world dares to attend uninvited to the Security Council of the United Nations to lecture on how to fight corruption effectively? Well, mm…, yes. Corruption is over! he …
Luis Rubio In the movie Life of Brian, John Cleese plays Reg, the People’s Front of Judea leader. In one memorable scene, Reg finishes the haranguing of his troops with the question, “What have the Romans ever done for us?” One foot soldier in a freedom-fighting …
The month just ended was characterized by mixed signals, both in the global economies and in the political controversy created by leftward movements in most countries, the departure in Germany of Angela Merkel, and paralysis in the U.S. Congress. Before getting into details and as …
International Monetary Fund Swarnali A Hannan, Juan Pablo Cuesta Aguirre, and David Bartolini Poverty in Mexico was high before the COVID-19 pandemic and has been exacerbated by the pandemic, with significant variation across states. Education losses from the pandemic are likely to be large and worsen pre-existing …
