Image: ALXR on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónAssuming that in the afterlife, there was freedom of expression and that the spirits could manifest themselves, Fidel Castro must surely be, on the one hand, enjoying himself but also suffering. The events in Ecuador...
Image: Francescoch on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceWhat does the left have to offer Mexico and the rest of Latin America? In Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, the question is quickly answered: it offers dictatorship and corruption. In Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Colombia,...
Photo: Zameel HZ on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceSimplifying what is happening in Latin America in political, economic, and social terms leads to a failure to perceive long-term trends. Instead, analyses tend to start from immediate circumstances to extrapolate long-term trends.Photo:...
Image and data: on visualcapitalist.comPolarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground...
Ricardo Pascoe PierceArgentina repudiated Peronism, Kirchnerism, leftism, and the populist rhetoric accompanying those governments for over two decades. During that time, it has received political support from Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro, Lula Da Silva, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.Photo:...
Image: on YouTubeRicardo Pascoe PierceMexico's Foreign Minister assured that 12 leaders are coming to the summit convened by AMLO in Palenque on migration, "and with us we are 13". However, the list ends up being a list of friends:...
Image: on plumasatomicas.comRicardo Pascoe PierceExtremes touch, some say. And it is always surprising when it happens. The similarity between the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the presidential candidate of Argentina, Javier Milei, is undoubtedly surprising.Photo: Pixabay...