Luis Rubio The paramount question for the future of Mexico is how to create a foundation for its development in the long term. This concerns the eternal dilemma that is the object of distinct proposals and responses every six years, but that never pans out. …
Juan Villoro When there were no computers, cats were already virtual. They live and do not live with us. Their existence occurs next to the kibble plate and alternate sites to which we do not have access. This way of entering and leaving our lives …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Cuban government has just sentenced 128 people to a total of 1,916 years in prison for protesting peacefully against the high cost of living, the mismanagement of Covid, and the lack of freedoms, on July 11, 2021. Of this total, two …
Antonio Navalón There is a phenomenon that repeats itself over and over again. The last ten centuries have been a butchery in the continent we know as Europe, including, of course, the part where three continents meet, which is Turkey. Since Greece – passing through …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Judicial Branch in Mexico has abandoned its autonomy to become the demoralized servant of the Executive Branch. And the world watches, stunned, this deterioration. The cases are so many that a brief list is nauseating. A judge suspended Mayor Sandra Cuevas …
Luis Rubio Angela Merkel launched into her speech as would any president or head of state: with aplomb and clarity of message; but what followed was in no manner like typical presidential discourses. It was at an international congress in Berlin ten years ago; the …
Juan Villoro One of the great mythologies of our time consists of believing that all grandmothers cooked wonderfully. It tastes tastier if someone says that the pipian comes from a distant family recipe. The past spices up. Pau Arenós, Catalan writer and food critic, has …
Luis Rubio A referendum is supposed to be about initiatives undertaken by citizens or organizations of society to advance their agendas and garner support from the voters at large. In Mexico, the proposed referendum for next April (a new means of direct democracy only approved …
Antonio Navalón Before, they used to buy or assassinate candidates. Today we have reached a narco-democracy in which what they do is that their candidates win and do it convincingly in the electoral processes. Unfortunately, nowadays, the word “war” is in fashion. The war in …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce In the face of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the world is living a decisive historical moment that will signal the port of call of our collective near future. Its response to the attack will define whether it will halt the destructive …