Ricardo Pascoe Pierce If AMLO learned anything from his most recent “medical absence”, it is that his candidates to succeed him (Corcholatas) enjoy neither widespread sympathy nor legitimacy. None of the three succeeded in projecting themselves as national leaders with a credible voice. Adán tried …
Antonio Navalón In 1911, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill – who then served as First Lord of the Admiralty – decided to change from coal to oil as fuel for the imperial naval fleet. And from that moment on, the whole world was configured with a …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce William Shakespeare wrote: “All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,… sometimes frequently”. The opposition in Mexico gives the impression of fulfilling the profile proposed by Shakespeare: it goes on and off …
Luis Rubio To dream about achieving Nirvana in record time is always grandiose; to convince voters that this endeavor is possible and within reach is what politicians do, above all, campaigning candidates all around the globe. The approach would seem unbeatable if that is seasoned …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Verbal violence by political leaders inevitably leads to physical (even lethal) violence between each other’s supporters. This is what is happening in Mexico. The great promoter of violence is the President of the Republic. His conduct is irresponsible and unacceptable. An immediate …
Antonio Navalón Every moment that passes, with the parliamentary majority assembled, doing whatever it takes to maintain it – such as, for example, dismissing and appointing senators instantly, as happened last April 28 – the lightning that does not cease; the relentless flow of the …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The Latin American left has always fantasized about political alliances with militarist nationalism. And this leftist fantasy is based on assumptions, whether true or not, about who the military institutions are and whom they serve. The problem is that the Army’s conception …
Luis Rubio In the official version, the only thing left to define the next six years is the name of the Morena candidate (corcholata: his candidates to succeed him) awarded the requisite finger tap (dedazo) by the president. If that were so simple, why such …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Tomorrow marks the day when the world working class stands up to the capital and demands its place at the bargaining table for the general welfare of society. Considering that this day is celebrated almost everywhere in the world, why is the …
Antonio Navalón At three different times and in three other places on the planet in the past week, they highlighted the meaning of this strange situation that demonstrated how worn out the fundamental democratic principles and the harassment many countries suffer in their consolidation as …