Luis Rubio The system of separation of powers devised by Montesquieu had the main purpose of protecting the freedoms and rights of the citizenry. The idea was that the three branches of government would strike a balance that would make abuse by any of the …
The piece reflects on the importance of caring for celestial bodies if we fail to protect Earth. It emphasizes the moon, Mars, Venus, and the Big Dipper, advocating for their preservation against pollution and conflict. The message serves as a tribute to Arturo Gonzalez Cosio, celebrating his vision on Earth Day 2022.
Juan Villoro Every month, the anthropologist Natalia Mendoza publishes a splendid column in Nexos Magazine in which she analyzes new forms of behavior and the ethical and cultural consequences of contemporary events. In her January 2021 installment, she tackles a decisive but little-mentioned topic in …
Manuel Suárez Mier † *This was originally published on October 23, 2019, by the Asia Times. Author of Asia Times’s wildly popular series “Demolition of Mexico’s economy and democracy” says it’s even worse now: The country has pretty much gone to hell in a handbasket …
Antonio Navalón Humanity is exhausted. We thought we were prepared for everything, understanding that everything meant that someone would take care of us, grow old with good medical care and good health, play golf until we were seventy or live the miracle of Viagra. In …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Eduardo Galeano published his classic book The Open Veins of Latin America in 1971. The text was immediately taken as a sacred reference for the Latin American left. It is a rebuke of foreign powers’ constant plundering of the region’s natural resources. …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The recall was the rehearsal where AMLO tested how much resistance would be against fraud in 2024. The illegalities were so many and so prodigious that he, his cabinet, and the entire Morena party were seeking to normalize the phenomenon of violations …
Luis Rubio The agricultural worker at the end of the XVIII century was suddenly displaced by the appearance of the steam engine that substituted for, says Gertrude Himmelfarb,* an average of 50 employees in one fell swoop. It took between twenty and thirty years before …
Manuel Suárez Mier † *This was originally published on May 29, 2019, by the Asia Times. This is the first of a two-part series on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s first six months in office. Just as the new president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel …
Juan Villoro In 1991, Umberto Eco gave a lecture at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense under the suggestive title “The vegetable memory”. He recalled that the first forms of writing were mineral: stone friezes and clay tablets. The e-book also belongs to the mineral order since …