Luis Maizel Monthly Letter
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Special Reports
Rule of Law Mexico 2020-2021
On September 24, 2012, the High-level Meeting of the 67th Session of the General Assembly on the Rule ofLaw at the National and International Levels was held at the United Nations (UN). Its Member States and a large,high-level representation of civil society organizations reached a …
Luis Maizel’s May Monthly Letter to Investors
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Votes and Government
Image: Ljupco on iStock Luis Rubio The Mexican citizenry has been disillusioned for many years with politics. First, it was supposed that the reforms would restore the capacity of economic growth and, afterward, that democracy would reduce corruption and bring the politicians –these latter the alleged representatives of the people- closer to the voters. Neither …
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Annual Threat Assessment 2021 of the US Intelligence Community
Office of the Director of National Intelligence This annual report of worldwide threats to the national security of the United States responds toSection 617 of the FY21 Intelligence Authorization Act (P.L. 116-260). This report reflects thecollective insights of the Intelligence Community (IC), which is committed every day to providingthe nuanced, independent, and unvarnished intelligence that …
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More Nails in the Coffin of Mexico’s Future
Things are bad, but they will get much worse if AMLO’s political party wins in the coming mid-term elections Manuel Suárez-Mier* The relentless demolition of Mexico’s liberty and institutions continues unabated and at a faster rate as president López Obrador (AMLO) radicalized and the June …
Mexico’s President Growing Polarization
Photo: CUARTOSCURO on am.com.mx Angry for his negative results, he rushes laws and regulations unfriendly to domestic and foreign private investment. The government that claims to be in a change of regime and calls itself the Fourth Transformation is drowning amid a heap of negative results, a chaos that will have a long-lasting devastating effect …
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From Barkeep to Drunkard
Luis Rubio An old joke has it that a candidate offers the electorate the option of heaven or hell. The voter first visits heaven, finding everything tranquil and in order. Later the voter passes by hell, where he comes upon lovely gardens, tables laden with …
Waterloo
Image: By William Sadler – Napoleon.org.pl, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15176449 Luis Rubio There is no doubt that each government makes its own history, some by what they achieve, others by their dogmatism. If something characterizes the current Mexican government is its total absence of the capacity (or willingness) to learn. The script is absolute and immovable, …
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The Weight (Peso) of Uncertainty.
Photo: A G Cuesta on iStock The preferential bill sent by the Mexican president to reform the electricity sector, which seeks to give the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) all kinds of undue advantages over private investment in electricity generation, in violation of the Trade Agreement with the United States and Canada (TMEC, USMCA or CUSMA, …
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