Luis Rubio A banner hanging from a building during the recent presidential race concisely defined Mexico’s challenge: “Democracy with defects or dictatorship without rights: you decide.” Although democracy is a term frequently employed in Mexican political rhetoric, AMLO, the outgoing president, converted it into an …
Federico Reyes Heroles The FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) of the United States dates back to 1967. With a long diplomatic career, collaborator of Olof Palme, a progressive and very enlightened man, and author of many books on Central America and Afghanistan, Mexico was on …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce President López Obrador has invoked the phrase “coup d’état” 167 times, including four instances of “technical coup d’état” and one of “soft coup” until March 16, 2024. His recent use of the term, in the context of the potential rejection of his …
Luis Rubio In The Name of The Rose, Umberto Eco employs an anecdote to evoke an obvious fact. He says: “In the Middle Ages, cathedrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagining a Second World War movie in …
Liébano Sáenz The issue of over-representation in Mexico’s House of Representatives is multifaceted and deeply concerning. This problem has become particularly urgent following the recent presidential and congressional elections held on June 2nd, 2024. At its core, over-representation represents a grave inequity and disproportionality between …
Federico Reyes Heroles The worrying thing is not the perversity of the wicked but the indifference of the good ones. Martin Luther King Perversion goes one step ahead, imagining something that an ordinary mind would not do. However, when one imagines perversion in others, most respond with skepticism. You’re …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce In the 2024 electoral process in Mexico, two social phenomena were expressed that had never been seen before, much less with the levels of organization they reached. Both expressions of Mexican society entered into contradiction, but they say a lot about the …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met last week, and its agreements will force Mexico to decide which side of the world chessboard it should be on. The subject of discussion at the NATO meeting was the defense of Ukraine. However, the …
Luis Rubio No one can doubt that justice in Mexico is practically nonexistent. The average Mexican lives in a sea of permanent abuse without having any recourse to protect their interests. Most of the issues -contracts, services, defective products- that involve the average citizen are …
People around the world are getting progressively wealthier – and that doesn’t just apply to those who already own great wealth. What does the future hold for global wealth? The answer is encouraging. Our analysis of over 50 key markets in this year’s Global Wealth Report shows the world is getting progressively richer across all …