Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: Divided Congress, Good or Bad?

Image: Wildpixel on iStock After a very messy election and nearly $17 billion in campaign spending, the Democrats did better than projected and retained the Senate, although they lost control of the House of Representatives. People wonder why, at a time of enormous inflation, crime in the streets, and a rather incapable president with popularity …

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AMLO, Petro: War on Drugs?

Ricardo Pascoe Pierce After 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 drugs. They apparently decided that the fight against drugs, driven mainly by successive US governments, has …

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Saving Mexico! (¡Salvemos a México!)

The powers that be in Mexico are dominated by a self-serving sect controlled by a very primitive man lacking in any moral solvency, driven by resentments, convinced that he is enlightened, and is shared with a few leaders of organized crime -violent and white-collar-, the …

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Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: All of Latin America is Now Left-Wing.

With Lula’s victory in Brazil, the entire subcontinent, from Argentina to Mexico, now has a left-wing populist government. The explanation for this phenomenon is quite simple. The difference in income distribution, where very few have a lot of money, and the majority live in poverty, …

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