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The Coup Temptation

, February 13, 2022

Image: hernan4429 on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceWhen a government feels cornered, it contemplates a coup d'état as its only salvation.It is nothing new. The drama of Latin America is filled...

Other Variables.

, February 11, 2022

Image: iso-5555 on iStockLuis RubioThe problem with fires is that they can blow in any direction -and one can get burned. However, that seems to be the frame of...

Dron World

, February 9, 2022

Photo: Joshua Rawson Harris on UnsplashJuan Villoro"I wasn't like that; the gadgets changed me," confesses a friend. Indeed, twenty years ago, we were all not only younger but different.Technology...

Photo: Sergei Ilyin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS on tass.comRicardo Pascoe PiercePutin made the mistake of thinking that he would get Ukraine to turn its gaze towards Russia and...

Freedoms

, February 4, 2022

Photo: Zenos Frudakis on zenosfrudakis.comLuis RubioMexico has undergone an underlying, albeit hidden, discord about its future for various decades. From a positive quasi-consensus -at least more or less generalized...

Sleeping is Tiring

, February 3, 2022

Photo: Pixabay on PexelsJuan VilloroHow many hours should a person sleep? The enigma, of course, is unfathomable. Napoleon would close his eyes in two batches of a couple of...

Ukraine and Cuba: Hostage States

, January 31, 2022

Photo: Cyano66 on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceUkraine and Cuba have something in common, defined by their geographic location and internal politics. They are hostage states because of their geographies and...

Without Firing a Single Shot

, January 30, 2022

Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Antonio NavalónModels become exhausted. Empires collapse—everything changes. As if we didn't have enough with hyperinflation or what the Covid-19 pandemic has meant, the world has...

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