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The Vigil of Arms
Antonio Navalón Since medieval times, before facing battles – especially if they were decisive – it was customary to stand vigil of arms one night before the conflict. One of the most complicated exercises for the human brain is to imagine the possible scenario that …
In the Final Stretch
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce In three days, the campaigns will be over. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will be “reflection” days, and Sunday is the election. We are in the final stretch of the campaign. And yet, there is a state of suspended social credibility about the …
To Vote or Not to Vote: That is The Question
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Tomorrow, in precisely one week, all citizens of voting age can leave their homes and go to the polls. To vote or not to vote: that is the question. Voting is the first decision we will face on June 2. How many …
The Alternative
Luis Rubio At the heart of the electoral dispute that is about to end dwells the central actor: the citizenry. Next Sunday is the day on which, with their vote, the citizens will express their views about the government and their expectations concerning the future. In contrast with other stellar moments of Mexican politics, this …
Mexico, June 2nd, 2024: the end of a cycle.
This date will define whether Mexicans choose to end the political party regime in the face of the emergence of an empowered citizenry or whether they choose to end the democratic experience and submit to an autocracy that concentrates all the power of the State in a single person. That is all there is to it.
México, dos de Junio, 2024: el fin de un ciclo.
En esta fecha se define si los Mexicanos eligen terminar con el régimen de partidos políticos ante el surgimiento de una ciudadanía empoderada, o si eligieron terminar con la experiencia democrática y someterse a una autocracia que concentre todo el poder del Estado en una sola persona. No hay más.
Spur of the moment
Federico Reyes Heroles What is the purpose of being in power? The candidate asks herself and us. To serve, not to serve oneself, to give. To listen, to unite, not to divide. Maquinazo, they used to call it four decades ago. An act of improvisation …
The final two weeks
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce It has been fulfilled as it happens with all waiting for a date. The date of the long-awaited rally of the Pink Tide has arrived, and its purpose was more than fulfilled. Despite the constant harassment and threats from the Presidency of …
The Falling In Cascade
Antonio Navalón Where before everything was right, wisdom and intelligence, suddenly, when the bells of the change of cycle ring, when one begins to perceive that, even if one wins, one may lose, everything becomes a catastrophe, a mistake, and one becomes aware of the …