Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The trade representatives of the United States and Mexico had a surly meeting, to say the least. The Mexican side reported nothing of what was discussed, although it acknowledged that the meeting took place in Washington. The US side, true to its …
Image: Wildpixel on iStock After a very messy election and nearly $17 billion in campaign spending, the Democrats did better than projected and retained the Senate, although they lost control of the House of Representatives. People wonder why, at a time of enormous inflation, crime in the streets, and a rather incapable president with popularity …
Antonio Navalón It is striking that in the history of Mexico – even before the Conquest – it is the impossible dream that almost always explains how events unfolded and, above all, why we constantly set out and analyze what remains after failure. If one …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO is overwhelmed by what it means to lose the presidency: he will have to render accounts that are impossible to explain. The time comes for every state leader when he must explain how he spent the money that society entrusted him …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Brazilian candidate to head the Inter-American Development Bank, Ilan Goldfajn, won the leadership in an election that pitted two Latin American giants, Mexico and Brazil, against each other. Goldfajn won the election with 80.08% of the votes cast. Argentina, which had …
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Luis Rubio The Supreme Court of Justice was the first branch of government to experience drastic transformation in modern Mexico. In an attempt to advance the consolidation of a new political regime, one based on democratic elections and checks and balances, the Supreme Court was …
Luis Rubio The fight for the National Electoral Institute (INE) entails two very simple explanations. First, it is evident that at this point, there is no guarantee of the continuity of the so-called Fourth Transformation (4T) or, at best, of the Morena party. Natural attrition …
With Lula’s victory in Brazil, the entire subcontinent, from Argentina to Mexico, now has a left-wing populist government. The explanation for this phenomenon is quite simple. The difference in income distribution, where very few have a lot of money, and the majority live in poverty, …
