Juan Villoro In memory of Carlos Monsiváis and José Emilio Pacheco One. From caudillo to licenciado On July 4, 1976, at the age of twenty, I made my debut at the polls in a country that had only one candidate for the presidency: José López …
Literatura y democracia * Juan Villoro A la memoria de Carlos Monsiváis y José Emilio Pacheco Uno. Del caudillo al licenciado El 4 de julio de 1976, a los veinte años, debuté en las urnas de un país que sólo tenía un candidato a la …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce After a reported “five-hour” conversation, the Presidents of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced an agreement to reconsider the strategy to fight drugs. They apparently decided that the fight against drugs, driven mainly by successive US governments, has …
worldjusticeproject.org The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index® 2021 is the latest report in an annual series measuring the rule of law based on the experiences and perceptions of the general public and in-country legal practitioners and experts worldwide. Strengthening the rule of law is a major goal of citizens, governments, donors, businesses, …
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 …
Photo: Anni Roenkae on Pexels 2020 witnessed once-in-a-century swings in the economy, policy, and markets. The bosses of The Eurasia Group begin their new year salutation with the following statement: “At the start of 2021, the United States is the most powerful, politically divided, and economically unequal of the world’s industrial democracies. China is America’s …
World Economic Outlook, October 2020: A Long and Difficult Ascent
Economic policy in times of Coronavirus, two approaches It is interesting to observe in a graph the correlation between the deluge of money released by the Federal Reserve Board since March, and its effect on the S&P 500 index. The moment the funds start to flow, the direction of the curve reverses its course …