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Against Nature

Photo: Sangeet Rao on PexelsLuis RubioThe saying goes that one defies nature at their own expense and risk. In economic matters, there is ample evidence of the risks involved...

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The rationale for the US Electoral College

Photo: Pinkypills on iStock José Manuel Suárez Mier *Last week, I began discussing why the electoral process in the US to elect a president is so tangled. It all...

The USA, a Banana Republic?

Photo: Ovidiu Creanga on UnsplashAntonio NavalónFor many years, what marked the difference between some developed countries' political work and those of emerging countries or those contemptuously known as banana...

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Corruption and Impunity

Image: iStock by Getty ImagesLuis RubioThe key question is whether corruption is a tool to advance a political project or an evil that should be eradicated. What is certain...

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Why is the US Electoral System so Complex?

Photo: Pixabay on PexelsJosé Manuel Suárez Mier*It has become commonplace to denounce that the US electoral system is "undemocratic" by not having universal and direct suffrage and that it...

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Blood Votes

Photo: Pedro Figueras on PexelsAntonio NavalónIn this 2020, the year that never existed, the year of Covid-19, and the year where it seemed that the total degradation of the...

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Hangover

Photo: Kelly Lacy on PexelsLuis Rubio“Americans, Churchill supposedly said, will always do the right thing — after exhausting all the alternatives.” And boy have they tried their best! Obama...

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A Volcano of Hate

Popocatépetl VolcanoAntonio NavalónOne of the most important characteristics of what will happen tomorrow in the US election - regardless of how long it will take to find out who...