Luis Rubio Mexico’s president thinks his penny-pinching has kept the peso afloat, but the real support has come from across the border. MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s president is obsessed with the peso-dollar exchange rate. Looking back at Mexican history, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is certain …
Juan Villoro I met Uruguayan sociologist Gabriel Gatti in the fall of 2019 at Stanford University. It was my first contact with someone who, interestingly enough, is dedicated to studying the disappearance of people. We tuned in immediately because we were facing the same predicament. …
Antonio Navalón The newly elected President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has once again demonstrated an undeniable fact about the reality of the American continent. Colombia is the country in America where not only – in my opinion – the clearest and most fluent Spanish is …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Mexico is experiencing a process of normalization of violence. Yes: drug trafficking violence, but also violence against women, abuse, and violence against children, in the family and school environments. Violence against businesses and the economy in general. The payment of extortion “derecho …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The opportunities to unite the opposition in 2024 are disappearing as sand between the fingers. Infected by the virus of polarization, the infection of sectarianism and radicalism are beginning to replace generosity and humility in the behavior of the civil society that …
Luis Rubio In its eagerness to impose its manner of seeing the world, the federal government has gifted us with an accurate picture of what does not function and what, for that reason, it should not be. Decades -if not centuries- of centralized government with …
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers shares advice for the federal government on what to do next, as the country heads toward an inevitable recession. Lawrence Summers former Treasury Secretary, and President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006, and professor and director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center …
Antonio Navalón If one looks at today’s world’s shape and the situation of the countries that matter to us – starting with our own – and which affect us, one can come to a conclusion that seems obvious. In my opinion, a conclusion that provides …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The issue of migration was central to the conversations during the Summit of the Americas, held recently in Los Angeles, California, at the invitation of the President of the United States, Joe Biden. The agreements on the migratory phenomenon revolved around the …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce López Obrador is at war against the opposition coalition, seeking to destroy it before the 2024 presidential elections. Breaking all norms of civility, loyal or legal competition, AMLO’s action is aimed at destroying what he considers his mortal enemy, not an opponent …