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Tenochtitlán’s Founding: Facts vs. Political Narrative

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How to constrain AMLO?

Photo: David Kovalenko on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceThere is a discussion among opposing forces of different signs on how to limit or manage López Obrador politically. The debate concerns how...

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It is all about violence.

Photo: Antonio Diaz on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceViolence in Mexico permeates every interstice of Mexican society. Nothing, absolutely nothing, escapes it. From the highest to the lowest. From all activities...

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Government for what?

Image: Keith Herring on IMMVDB Art CollectionLuis Rubio“The stability of a democracy depends very much on the people making a careful distinction between what a government can and cannot...

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The Chinese cultural revolution and the present shadow.

Image: wikimedia Commons on letraslibres.comAngel Jaramillo TorresUnder the slogan that education should serve politics, one of the darkest episodes in the history of humankind began. It is worth remembering...

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The Invisibles

Image: ArtFamily on ShutterstockJuan VilloroThe only genre that is still handwritten is the medical prescription. Although it lacks literary value, it represents a work of authorship since it depends...

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The Countdown

Photo: Akin Ozcan on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónIt was like an illumination. On the afternoon of June 4, President López Obrador saw his vision for the future of Mexico become clearer....

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Nothing lasts forever

Photo: Igor Chekachkov/AP Photo on news.artnet.comRicardo Pascoe PierceThe "campaigns" of the corcholatas (a derogatory term applied from the presidential subconscious to his potential successors) coincide in time and form:...

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The opposition is moving forward

Image: Shutter_m on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceRecent gains by the opposition have entirely changed the prognosis for next year's elections. The story of how this change has happened is for...

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