Image: Lemon_tm on iStockJuan VilloroIn 2016, during the campaign for the US presidency, I recalled in this space a novel that anticipated Donald Trump's triumph: It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1935, while Mussolini was invading...
Photo: Julia Larson on PexelsRicardo Pascoe PierceThe Pink Tide and the Morena party faced each other in a competition to establish the importance of their respective conceptions of the world. In the first round, they compared something apparently mundane...
Photo: Anthony Boulton on iStockAntonio NavalónIt is clear that until January 2025, the flagship and most important program, the Treaty between Mexico, the United States, and Canada - also known as CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC - which in turn represents one of...
Image: Phonlamai Photo on ShutterstockRicardo Pascoe PierceClaudia Sheinbaum's presidential campaign kick-off event in the Zócalo was, in reality, a bow to Andrés Manuel López Obrador. And it was also an act of submission of the candidate to the real...
Photo: Bruce Mars on UnsplashThe question in the title applies to both Mexico and the United States. There are countries where the answer is definitely no, such as Israel, Ukraine, Russia, or Turkey, but when focusing on the United...
Luis RubioElectoral contests are a little like military campaigns: an objective is disputed, arms and instruments of combat are deployed, and the enemy's defeat is sought, in this case, the contender. In his biography on Napoleon, Andrew Roberts states...
Image: Master1305 on ShutterstockFederico Reyes HerolesTell me what you pay attention to, and I'll tell you who you are.José Ortega y Gasset.Distraction? There is a lot of it; I do not mean the necessary one, which allows us for...