Antonio Navalón For two hundred years, when popular wisdom spoke of Mexico’s intrinsic and genetic misfortunes, people said, “poor Mexico, so close to the United States and so far from God”. Thanks to Andrés Manuel López, that has changed. He, a believer who speaks of …
Luis Rubio The similarity between debates on the future is surprising in the United States and Mexico. Very distinct societies, they are confronting situations that are not entirely different, but their circumstances are indeed radically so, which permits contrasts and learnings that have no equal. …
Ana María Salazar With everything that has happened in the last two weeks with the recall referendum, we can now be sure that López Obrador believes he has no limits. It does not matter if they promote citizen participation as ‘revocation of the mandate’ or …
Antonio Navalón Today, with so much technology, dependence, and people so little accustomed to suffering and with so little pride in themselves, what awaits us is that the strongest can strike. And that it will do so without even taking out weapons, but simply threatening …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Welcome to our ranks, Comrade General Rodriguez Bucio! The government is celebrating that from his position as head of the National Guard, the General’s presence will be of the utmost importance in the President’s effort not to feel alone. The control over …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce A country literally blanketed with illegal electoral propaganda does not bode well for a credible outcome. And if it is a matter of holding elections to establish democratic criteria about majority and minority opinions in society, in that case, illegal propaganda not …
Luis Rubio Scarcely two years into the Peña Nieto government, the political ambiance had been upended, and, in retrospect, the electorate had already decided the outcome of the 2018 presidential election. All that today’s president and his retinue had to do was refrain from engaging …
Manuel Suárez Mier † *This was originally published in Spanish on November 3, 2017, by Dineroenimagen.com. AMLO is Russia’s ideal candidate to create problems for the US in these hectic times of nationalist renaissance. The big scandal of the week in Washington was the revelation …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Squandering is the adjective that comes to mind in any conversation when talking about the misnamed Revocation of Mandate. It is not even a revocation anymore. It is, instead, a ratification exercise where the only one competing is AMLO against AMLO. That …
Antonio Navalón I do not know if President López Obrador was ever seduced to play the role of the David who would sink the modern Goliath in his dreams or childhood. I do not know if, in all his memories of his long university career …