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Coercion

July 30, 2021

Photo: Alycia Fung on Pexels Luis Rubio “The compulsion to silence others is as old as the urge to speak,” affirms Eric Berkowitz* in an extraordinary study on censorship. For nearly a century, the post-Revolutionary Mexican government suppressed freedom of expression, engaged in all sorts of efforts to censure the media, controlled the conversation, and …

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Political parties in the United States.

August 3, 2023July 28, 2021

José Manuel Suárez Mier * My readers asked me to elaborate on the evolution of the political parties in the United States and from that historical vision to see what will happen today with an extreme polarization between parties and within themselves. The first government …

In Heaven as on Earth.

July 25, 2021

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 …

Turmoil

July 23, 2021

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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Democracy in the United States is in Danger.

July 21, 2021

José Manuel Suárez Mier* The Republican Party of the United States, kidnapped by its most ignorant and radical segment of white supremacists, is a huge political threat because it is modeled on the Know-Nothing Party that emerged in 1853 to group those who wanted purity …

The Outbreak of America

July 19, 2021

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 …

Pettiness or Greatness

July 16, 2021

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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Reaction to the Critical Race Theory (CRT)

July 14, 2021

José Manuel Suárez Mier* In past installments, I presented the evolution of racism in the United States and how a line of thought emerged, the CRT, which affirms that all whites are racists and that a new social order is required based on the victory …

The Republic of Words

July 12, 2021

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 …

Mexico’s demolition derby: new areas to obliterate

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Manuel Suárez-Mier After President AMLO’s party does relatively well in midterm elections, the country’s woes continue. The midterm elections of June 6 in Mexico were in appearance favorable to Morena, the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), with victories in 11 of 15 …

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