Institutional Mayhem

Image: dntPHOTOGRAPHY on iStock Luis Rubio President López Obrador came to power with the clear idea that the reforms approved from the year 1982 would have to be repelled. In his mind, Mexico’s problems started with those reforms, which is why they must be reverted. From the beginning of his administration, the president has neutralized …

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The Countdown

Antonio Navalón Being less than 1,300 days to the end of his administration, there is the possibility that López Obrador will change his dialectic. June 6, 1944 – also known as D-Day – was the start of the countdown to the culmination of World War …

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Three Years

Photo: Jens Johnson on Pexels Luis Rubio Citizens spoke clearly, and now the entire political apparatus will have to adjust to a new reality. With great wisdom, the population ratified their confidence in the INE, the electoral authority, rejected the excesses of the president, demanded sanity from the political actors, and continues to seek “change.” …

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The Green Swan*, Hollow Glibness

José Manuel Suárez Mier** The Network of Banks and Banking Supervisors to “Green” the Financial System (NGFS), together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), organized last week their conference entitled The Green Swan 2021 to “define the immediate …

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AMLO’s Mexico, Downgraded.

The insignificance of the Mexican President has already infected the country. One cannot imagine Mexico’s President Adolfo López Mateos (1958-1964) receiving Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, instead of President John F. Kennedy, or President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970) receiving Vice president Hubert Humprey instead of …

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Scorched Landscape

Antonio Navalón In the midst of the discussion and the claims to count ballot by ballot and polling station by polling station – in the way of bringing back what happened in 2006 – today, what is a reality is the confrontation that Mexicans have …

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Let’s vote

Photo: Element Digital on Pexels Luis Rubio Today’s the day (Sunday), the day of the citizenry. The day on which, with their vote, the citizens will individually express their feelings for the government and their expectations for the future. There have been few times that a midterm election has been so transcendental, and that is …

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