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Photo: Daniel Leal/AP on npr.orgPhoto: presidente.gob.mxRicardo Pascoe Pierce.Liz Truss and AMLO suffer from the syndrome of promoting policies without consensus that clash with real society. They promote programs that sound like political slogans accompanied by commercial jingles but lack...

the-president-and-the-ambassador

Photo: on presidente.gob.mxRicardo Pascoe PierceNational scenarios are highly unstable because political narratives change rapidly. One example is Ambassador Salazar's change of narrative with President Lopez Obrador. He abruptly changed the diplomatic game between the two countries by commenting on...

confusing-opinion-polls-in-confusing-times

Image: ShutterstockRicardo Pascoe PierceIn times of a deeply divided society and also trapped in its ancestral beliefs between worship/fear of authority, surveys, and their usefulness are a difficult phenomenon to discern. They may suggest certain consistent opinions and behaviors...

the-nuclear-option

Image: RomoloTavani on iStockLuis RubioThe key to having an atomic bomb is to never use it:  it is the threat of its use that deters those possessing such power. The same occurs with the negotiations between governments in ambits...

a-new-fight

Photo: Attentie Attentie on UnsplashLuis RubioThose who play with fire go the saying, get burnt. That is how the Mexican government is presently operating regarding the issue of the trade dispute with the U.S. and Canada. Of course, the...

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