In Heaven as on Earth.

Antonio Navalón Since always, men have been attracted to and caused to follow the path of the gods.Some have even had a special hobby and desire to challenge them and seek to take their place in heaven. The recent history of humanity has made me …

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Turmoil

Image: zimmytws om iStock Luis Rubio An ancient Chinese proverb argues that “when there is turmoil under the heavens, little problems become big problems, and big problems are not dealt with at all. When there is order under the heavens, big problems are reduced to small problems, and small problems should not obsess us.” Judging …

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The Outbreak of America

Antonio Navalón From 1850 to 1990, the history of Latin America was conditioned entirely by what was convenient, allowed, understood, and wanted by the United States of America. The Monroe Doctrine or -later the “Big Stick” policy promoted by Theodore Roosevelt – was an example …

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Pettiness or Greatness

Image: Gearstd on iStock Luis Rubio The dearth of statesmen in the world, argued Napoleon, is due to the complexity inherent in the function: “to get the power you need to display absolute pettiness. To exercise power, you need to show true greatness.” Nearly three years after he assumed the presidency, it is evident that …

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The Republic of Words

Antonio Navalón Since the time of Ronald Reagan, Ambassador John Gavin made the everlasting theme of drug trafficking fashionable, of the corruption that surrounded it, of its penetration and dominance in Mexico, a new stage has been making its way into national life. Under the …

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To Govern

Photo: Benjamín Flores on Proceso.com.mx Luis Rubio The art of governing, says David Konzevik, is the art of managing the gap between the expectations that the citizenry entertains and the day-to-day realities. Mexico is a living example of the enormous breach between both factors and the incapacity of its governments to bridge it. The question …

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The Critical Race Theory

José Manuel Suárez Mier* I began last week the account of racism in the United States and how an opposite current of thought and indoctrination emerged that seeks to amend the horror of slavery and racial discrimination by arguing that “race is a cultural category …

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