Marco Rubio’s appointment as U.S. Secretary of State signals a shift in foreign policy towards Latin America, especially focusing on Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Tensions are expected between Mexico and the U.S. regarding trade policies and support for these nations, impacting the CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC agreement and potentially leading to significant diplomatic conflicts.
The value of a nation is often mismeasured, with natural resources playing a limited role in prosperity compared to education, technology, and strong institutions. Mexico’s recent decline in global standing, driven by institutional decay and electoral manipulation, highlights the importance of maintaining democratic frameworks and citizen rights for true national wealth.
The New York Times discusses Justice Juan Luis González Alcántara’s proposal to annul parts of the Mexican judicial reform, aiming to maintain judicial independence through popular votes for some positions. However, political challenges persist, with concerns about the ruling party’s resistance to change, drawing parallels to Hungary’s reforms and highlighting risks of authoritarianism.
Photo: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Antonio Navalón 2020, the year that the Olympics were to be held in Tokyo. 2020, the year in which the world was already looking more and more like an absolutely unstoppable conquest of technological development, global interconnection, and freedoms. A year in which – despite all the political elections’ contradictions …
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Given the adverse economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Canadian economy, like almost every country in the world, is registering a negative growth and according to the IMF 2020 will experience a negative growth of -8.4%, in line with the one endured by the other advanced economies (-8%). A previous estimate of the IMF …
