We are Scared
Antonio Navalón There are so many things going on at the moment and so enormous that it is difficult to measure the exact scope of each of the crises. On the one hand, there is the war in Ukraine; can you imagine the vacuum of …
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Ultranationalism Comes into the Picture
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Ultra-nationalism raised its head in the relations between Mexico and the United States. In June 2024 for Mexico and a few months later, in November in the United States, elections will be held to elect new Presidents in both nations. Trumpism and …
Remember Havana
Antonio Navalón At the end of the 19th century, the Spanish empire was dying. Spanish intervention and supremacy were diminishing in several parts of the Caribbean – as in Puerto Rico or Cuba – as these nations were living their last years under the Spanish …
Ambivalences
Luis Rubio The verdict in the trial of García Luna directly affects the individual accused. However, along the way, the questioning exposed the entire Mexican political system and exhibited a world of ambivalences concerning justice, drugs, corruption, and the Mexico–United States relationship. It was not …
Mexico 2023, A Closer View.
Image: Mostafa Meraji on Unsplash As part of our offer to subscribers, we regularly select some analyses and prognoses of sectors, regions, or potential outcomes of events from qualified sources and combine them in a set suitable for easy consultation in one single piece. Today we share research from Morgan Stanley regarding the importance of …
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Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter. Mexico: Reality or Chimera
Mexico has become a very marked dichotomy. On the one hand, it is a country full of life, culture, and good people, and on the other hand, it is governed by an autocracy democratically elected but far removed from the will of the people. The …
Mexico Found Guilty
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Most Americans have not seen the Narcos series, but the political class of both parties in their country has confirmed their conviction that Mexico is a country where crime reigns. In the U.S. perception, what exists in Mexico is a narco-state where …
CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC: New Blood
Antonio Navalón Last Tuesday, February 7, the constitutional President of the United States of America gave his second State of the Union address. With Joe Biden, something very peculiar happens; it is evident that, either because of the passage of time or because of the …
Guild of Astute Stuburns and their Godfather.
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce With his aspiration to be the leader of the Latin America left dead, AMLO resigns himself to being the godfather of dictatorships: Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Today he parades with the Cuban President, exalting a non-existent “revolution”, and is silent in the …
Pompeo Probably Does Not Lie.
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce López Obrador’s government applies a foreign policy full of empty rhetoric and cover-up hypocrisy. Examples abound and are also surprising. And, when discovered, they undermine and degrade Mexico’s credibility in the eyes of friends and foes alike. The world registers Mexico’s deceitful …