The title of this letter was hard for me to write. Still, when I look up the definition of socialism, I find that it is when the State tries to control everything, and the bureaucracy’s tentacles get into the citizens’ decisions. Why is Washington going …
Antonio Navalón For a long time, the fear of the so-called “México Bronco”, where the tiger symbolized chaos, the rupture of social equilibrium, and a concrete danger for all, was a constant that frightened all Mexicans. Just six years ago, before Andrés Manuel López Obrador …
Riccardo Pascoe Pierce Donald Trump was categorical: he threatened to provoke a bloodbath in the United States if he loses the next presidential election. And he defined his object of hatred: immigrants who, he said, “are not even human”. AMLO, on the other hand, is …
There is much talk about populism, democracy, conservatives, neoliberals, progressives, independents, no labels, republicans, autocrats, libertarians, authoritarians, totalitarians, infallible Iman, anarchists, supreme leaders, tyranny, and many other schisms. Monarchical regimes are fading away and constrained in their ability to govern, remaining as symbolic figures, except …
For over five years, discord, disorder, and backwardness have prevailed in Mexico of the 4 T. The country needs precisely the opposite: without harmony, order becomes difficult; without order, progress is impossible; without progress, the country exacerbates its inhabitants’ problems. It is as simple as …
Antonio Navalón It is clear that until January 2025, the flagship and most important program, the Treaty between Mexico, the United States, and Canada – also known as CUSMA/USMCA/T-MEC – which in turn represents one of the largest commercial markets in the world, will not …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential campaign kick-off event in the Zócalo was, in reality, a bow to Andrés Manuel López Obrador. And it was also an act of submission of the candidate to the real leader of the movement. And a maneuver to avoid …
The question in the title applies to both Mexico and the United States. There are countries where the answer is definitely no, such as Israel, Ukraine, Russia, or Turkey, but when focusing on the United States or Mexico, the answer is unclear, as there are …
Antonio Navalón Many years ago, precisely in 1937 – months after the Spanish Civil War began – the poet Miguel Hernández, a native of a place full of history and invasions, Alicante, and who was self-taught, wrote a poem that completely uplifted the Spanish people. …
