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To War, With A Boy Scout Kit.

The Rise of Organized Crime in Mexico: How Impunity Fuels Violence.

Trumpism and the Dark Enlightenment: A Schizoid Analysis

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The Electoral Roll, That Obscure Object of Desire.

Photo: on rogerebert.comRicardo Pascoe PierceSome time ago, the President said, in the heat of a morning press conference "mañanera", that the electoral roll should be under the control of...

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The Fourth What? and the World.

Image: ra2 Studio on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónWe live in times of confusion and, in many ways, of scoundrels. It is one thing to abuse and makes true the old maxim...

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CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC Sacrificed for a Martyr

Image: shared on WhastappRicardo Pascoe PierceThe trade representatives of the United States and Mexico had a surly meeting, to say the least. The Mexican side reported nothing of what...

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Disparate Partners

Photo: H V Habonimanam on UnsplashLuis RubioIn “The Seventh Seal”, a 1957 film by Ingmar Bergman, a knight returns from the Crusades to find his homeland ravaged by the plague. Suffering and...

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Dreaming the Impossible

Image: jamesteohart on iStockAntonio NavalónIt is striking that in the history of Mexico - even before the Conquest - it is the impossible dream that almost always explains how...

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AMLO, Petro: War on Drugs?

Photo: presidente.gob.mxRicardo Pascoe PierceAfter a reported "five-hour" conversation, the Presidents of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced an agreement to reconsider the strategy to fight...

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On the Agony of the End of Power

Image: Note Thanun on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceAMLO is overwhelmed by what it means to lose the presidency: he will have to render accounts that are impossible to explain. The...

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Risks

Photo: Getty Images on Unsplash+Luis RubioAll societies face risks, but the risk that Mexico and Mexicans confront today is immeasurable, above all, because it is self-inflicted.   Mexico and the...

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