Today, we mourn the early passing one year ago of Manuel Suárez Mier, one of our founding contributors, and miss his weekly columns full of wit, acute criticism, and scholarly accuracy. His generosity included sharing his thoughts, rigorous economic and political analysis, and vast knowledge …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Last Friday afternoon, all of Mexico City’s agencies, decentralized bodies, public administration entities, and mayor’s offices received, by official letter, an order from the City’s Internal Comptroller, Juan José Serrano Mendoza, to refrain from using their material resources, vehicles, means of intercommunication …
Antonio Navalón The 21st century, the century of enlightenment, communication, culture, and the century in which we have been more informed – even if more ignorant than ever – offers new perspectives and ways of living from many points of view. The whole world is …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce No matter how much a ruler may announce his unlimited longevity in power, in reality, none can ensure anything. None is forever. Political processes take time to consolidate, flourish and then disappear. From the Chinese dynasties to the Roman Empire and through …
Luis Rubio Paraphrasing Marx and Engels, a specter haunts the world, the specter of populism. This is a struggle among different development models and ways of conducting politics. Today two models that embrace economic orthodoxy are head-to-head: the democratic-market model that characterizes most rich nations …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The document signed by Morena’s pre-candidates and their party supporters demanding the disappearance of the National Electoral Institute (INE) is the continuation of the official strategy, whose final objective is the repudiation of the presidential election results of 2024. One has to …
Antonio Navalón I suppose that, if I had been a citizen in Caligula’s or Nero’s Rome, over time, it would have been complicated to explain – as it is today – where the endurance capacity of the people ends. And as in the Roman era, …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The opposition must demand the government’s respect for the rule of law in the face of the USMCA crisis. While it is a matter of interpretation of the letter and spirit of the most important international treaty signed by the government of …
Luis Rubio A Palace of Versailles guide once said that Louis XIV built the palace, Louis XV enjoyed Versailles, and Louis XVI paid for it. Mexico is at a stage in which President López Obrador is enjoying the economic and financial structure bequeathed by his …
Antonio Navalón It is hard to admit it, but deep down, we must begin to recapitulate on what has happened, not about the falsehoods but about the conceptual mistakes we are making as a generation, as countries, and as thinkers. The world, the assumptions, the …