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AMLO’s Sinister Legacy

The Dual Power Crisis in Mexico’s Political Landscape

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Textile and Text

Photo: Jonny_Nurko on iStockJuan VilloroIn December 2020, I spoke with Irene Vallejo in a virtual meeting organized by the Foundation for Mexican Letters. Suggestively, the Aragonese philologist took up...

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The Migration Crisis Reappears

Image: Bestgreenscreen on iStockManuel Suárez Mier*In my decades of teaching economics, I always try to persuade my students that incentives have consequences as they are a mechanism that alters...

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Struck Out

Photo: news.culturacolectiva.comLuis RubioA tweet at the beginning of the week summed up the moment: “The President prepared more for the march of women than he did for the vaccination.”...

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Biden’s Economic Rescue Plan

Photo: YouTubeManuel Suárez Mier*Yesterday the most ambitious public spending plan (American Rescue Plan, ARP) in the United States history was approved, 1.9 trillion dollars that Congress sanctioned in a...

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Dead leaves

Photo: Dan LeFebvre on UnsplashDead leaves are collected with a rake. Memories and sorrows, too. And the north wind carries them away in the cold night of oblivion.Jacques PrévertAntonio...

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Starting Over

Photo: Free Nature Stock on PexelsLuis RubioIn Solidarity with Angel VerdugoTwo visions of the Mexican political transition characterize observers and scholars of the subject: one sustains that the transition...

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México: Dangerous Labor Outlook

Photo: Kelly Sikkema on UnsplashManuél Suárez Mier*One of the most negative aspects of the new North American Free Trade Agreement was the imposition of raising wages in Mexico by...

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