Luis Rubio In an old medieval tale,* famous in the world of lawyers, a king decides to expropriate a miller’s estate because it impairs the view from his palace. The miller goes to the higher court in Berlin, which rules in his favor and compels …
Luis Rubio As the midterm elections draw closer, Mexico’s broken politics are beginning to take their toll. The independent electoral authority (INE), one of the country’s greatest institutional achievements after decades of fraudulent elections, is under fire by AMLO and his party, which are also undermining the Supreme …
José Manuel Suárez Mier* When you read these lines, dear reader, the 28th annual meeting of the Alamos Alliance will be held virtually, which brings together economists from all over America to discuss current issues, no longer in the three days of face-to-face meetings in …
Juan Villoro One proof of the decline of journalism is that it gives little news from the afterlife. Although millions of sentient beings verify daily that ghosts carry out their functions, it is not fashionable to believe in them. In the eighteenth century, G. E. …
Antonio Navalón If you look closely, spring is that state in which not only the blood is altered but also witnesses the birth of the flowers, the lengthening of the days, and the scorching heat – for those of us who live in this part …
Image: Rawpixel on iStock Luis Rubio The Supreme Court is the only one of the three branches of government that was consciously reformed in Mexico recently (1994) to tie in with the political reality of the 21st century. That conferred on the Court a distinctive character that, however, its members have not wholly assumed. Although presidents …
José Manuel Suárez Mier * John Williamson, the talented British economist who created the famous and much-maligned Washington Consensus (WC), passed away last week after a fruitful career spent analyzing and proposing economic and financial policies that he believed were the most appropriate for growth …
Image: Kagenmi on iStock Luis Rubio “All politics are local,” Tip O’Neil famously quipped. In Mexico, all politics today are about elections and especially about the midterms of June 6. From his inauguration, President López Obrador turned this election into a referendum of himself; in fact, he wanted to be on the ballot by creating a …
Antonio Navalón To survive, the first thing you need to know is where are you located, what is the panorama that surrounds you, but, above all, what are the wars or conflicts that can – regardless of what is desired – take away the plans …
Image: Ljupco on iStock Luis Rubio The Mexican citizenry has been disillusioned for many years with politics. First, it was supposed that the reforms would restore the capacity of economic growth and, afterward, that democracy would reduce corruption and bring the politicians –these latter the alleged representatives of the people- closer to the voters. Neither …