Antonio Navalón From North to South and East to West, it is convenient to define the moment in which the so-called democratic universe decided to sacrifice the spirit and the letter of its laws in exchange for the popularity and enlightenment of its leaders. The …
Global recovery is steady but slow and differs by region The baseline forecast is for the world economy to continue growing at 3.2 percent during 2024 and 2025, at the same pace as in 2023. A slight acceleration for advanced economies—where growth is expected to …
Federico Reyes Heroles I resort to the title of Octavio Paz’s visionary 1983 book. The end of the Cold War, the advance of science, human rights as new motors of the civilizing process, confronted with dictatorships in Latin America and Africa, the eternal conflicts in …
Federico Reyes Heroles There they are again. Those white columns that rise to the sky and pierce it. They are the opposite of those also white, beautiful, and sheep-shaped giants -cumulonimbus- whose immeasurable interior forces ascend and descend and can destroy the largest bird created …
According to Yuval Hahari, it may not be in the immediate future, but it may be in ten years, as can be seen in the video below. So, we asked the two most popular AI engines, Google’s Gemini and ChatGPT, if it would be possible, …
There is much talk about populism, democracy, conservatives, neoliberals, progressives, independents, no labels, republicans, autocrats, libertarians, authoritarians, totalitarians, infallible Iman, anarchists, supreme leaders, tyranny, and many other schisms. Monarchical regimes are fading away and constrained in their ability to govern, remaining as symbolic figures, except …
Federico Reyes Heroles In Mexico, the axis was fear and rage. They walk on the cobblestones of the most party town I have ever known. It looks like a slow procession. I edge “to the edge”. There is no coffin in front; with a frown, …
Antonio Navalón Never have so many people been at the disposal of so few hands who really care about so few things. Approximately 60% of the world’s population living under a democratic or similar system will go to the polls this year. It is difficult …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Conservative nationalism is a worldwide trend today, although it is difficult to discern in all its intricacies. The conjunction of apparently alien forces has a strange common ideological component: it includes conservative nationalists of the traditional right and militants of some long-standing …
