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Humans with an Expiration Date*

May 30, 2023

Image: Valery Sidelnykov on Shutterstock Juan Villoro Humanity is getting dumber and dumber, as evidenced by the international success of the Kardashians and the Mexican success of Acapulco Shore. Photo: Ali Pazani on Pexels This is not speculation but scientific fact. According to the “Flynn effect”, used to measure the collective level of intelligence, the …

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A Place in the Sun

May 29, 2023

Antonio Navalón Today’s society is measured by its inability to define and clarify identities. If it is difficult enough to make a living, now the new generations have to face the mirror or a questionnaire and ask themselves whether or not they are binary. The …

A Tiny President for Such a Big Country.

May 28, 2023

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce When he had a qualified majority in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, AMLO proposed electoral and legislative measures without a long-term vision of the State as a nation. Unlike the Mexican case, the new presidents of Brazil, Chile, and Colombia …

Terrorism is Gaining Ground.

May 27, 2023

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce AMLO has abdicated his responsibility to provide security for Mexico: his strategy has led to a bloodbath in Mexico. In the first 54 months of Calderón’s government, 80,000 people died. Under Peña, 102,000 people died in the same period. Under AMLO, 154,000 …

Hara-kiri

May 27, 2023May 26, 2023

Luis Rubio Everything was going well when the madness began. The desire to transform had been limited to eliminating obstacles that did not enjoy greater widespread recognition and expanding cash transfers to favorite clientele. Both steps responded to an impeccable logic: if it does not …

Accelerated Growth Must be an Obsession: Luis Rubio

May 24, 2023

Raudel Avila* Dr. Luis Rubio is among the most prestigious Mexican political analysts in our country and abroad. In his new book just published, “En sus marcas! Mexico Towards 2024”, he addresses, among many other things, the challenges that the country will face once the …

The Long and Black Night Ahead.

May 21, 2023

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce At no time in the recent history of the country has there been a moment of so many aggressive and malicious attacks by a President against the citizens. This week he unleashed his attacks against all the institutions of the Mexican State …

The South Continues to Exist

May 21, 2023

Antonio Navalón Contrary to everything the rest of us were able to see, could it be that President López Obrador realized that the decision to go ahead with the CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC – in my view, inevitable – will again widen the gap in the social imbalance …

Forced Labor in Mexico

May 20, 2023

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce When Mexico signed the CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC, it agreed to combat forced labor within its territory and refused to import goods made with forced or child labor. Article 23.1 of the Agreement reflects the affirmation of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to eliminate “all …

Discourse vs. Reality

May 20, 2023May 19, 2023

Luis Rubio What carries the day: the discourse or the reality? The discourse says, “We’re doing well,” “I have other data,” and “For the good of all, first the poor.” The reality, however, says something else: the country is not progressing, unemployment has spiked, poverty …

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