North America
Scorched Landscape
Antonio Navalón In the midst of the discussion and the claims to count ballot by ballot and polling station by polling station – in the way of bringing back what happened in 2006 – today, what is a reality is the confrontation that Mexicans have …
Let’s vote
Photo: Element Digital on Pexels Luis Rubio Today’s the day (Sunday), the day of the citizenry. The day on which, with their vote, the citizens will individually express their feelings for the government and their expectations for the future. There have been few times that a midterm election has been so transcendental, and that is …
BOURDAIN’S FIELD NOTES: MEXICO
Anthony Bourdain * 10 January 2018 Americans love Mexican food. We consume nachos, tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, tamales, and anything resembling Mexican in enormous quantities. We love Mexican beverages, happily knocking back huge amounts of tequila, mezcal, and Mexican beer every year. We love Mexican people—we …
The Expected End
Antonio Navalón In the morning after the elections, things will be terribly confusing. For the good of everyone and the country, I hope this is not the case. We are at a time in the history of humanity in which emotions have definitely managed to …
What’s Important
Image: Giulia May on Unsplash Luis Rubio Next Sunday, June 6, will be a key day for the future of Mexico. It is the day on which the electorate will decide whether it will vote for the existence of counterweights to power or whether it will ratify the course that, step by step, the president …
USA Economic Recovery
Gross Domestic Product, 1st Quarter 2021 (Second Estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2021 (Preliminary Estimate) Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 (table 1), according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of …
Mexico’s President, AMLO, Breaks all the Laws
Manuel Suárez-Mier * Mexican President has effectively declared himself the sole arbiter of the nation’s democratic processes as his popularity plummets new lows. With crucial midterm elections in two weeks, the political situation in Mexico is deteriorating quickly. The government promotes polarization and violent confrontation …
No Way Back
Photo: Amar Kun Kawakibi on Unsplash Luis Rubio An old aphorism holds that nostalgia is not what it used to be. However, it constitutes a heavy burden that never quite disappears. Two sources of nostalgia cloud Spartans and Trojans in current Mexican politics. The president leads with his nostalgia for the seventies, the idyllic moment …
Tragedy and Farce
Luis Rubio The old Soviet Union maintained cohesiveness due to the ideological monopoly that the Communist Party exercised during an era in which the government totally controlled access to information. In fact, says David Satter,* “the imaginary world of Marxist–Leninist ideology never really went away …