Envoy Marks Israeli Anniversary Noting Country’s Accomplishments
Turning to Israel’s bilateral relations with Mexico, now in their 70th year, Tal said that the two countries maintain “intense and plural” ties
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That Last Afternoon with Octavio Paz
Like a lion caged in his own body and tethered to his wheelchair, covered by a Mexican blanket, Paz inquired with anguish as to the fate of his beloved nation
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Mexico’s Ever-Eroding Freedoms
More than financial strength, freedom, in this amplified definition, allows for social stability and political continuity
Read moreFor a Love of Freedom
The defense of freedom in Mexico is, once again, in the hands of the nation’s judiciary
Read moreHundreds of Thousands of Mexicans March for Democracy
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Starting at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, and heading from Mexico City’s Angel of Independence Monument to the Monument to the Revolution, tens of thousands of people marched in defense of democracy and the National Electoral Institution (INE) despite an environmental contingency imposed by the pro-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) capital governor, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Read moreWhat Really Was in Play on Mexico’s Democracy March
OPINION THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Neither the declaration of a last-minute day-without-a-car contingency by Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum — in full collaboration with the federal government — nor the vicious barrage of insults and allegations of corruption by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) against anyone who dared to defend the National Electoral Institute (INE) from being dissolved under his dictamen,
Read moreMexican Democracy in Suspension
By ENRIQUE KRAUZE It was not through some miracle, but rather because thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of generations, that Mexico has, successively, evolved as a theocratic, monarchical, viceroyalty, caudillism, dictatorial, revolutionary, revolutionary-institutional, and, finally today, a democratic state. Very soon, it may cease to be just that. It is sad, but perhaps understandable, that Mexico’s new generations are
Read moreSpinoza’s Eternal Wisdom
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE What do the writings of Baruch Spinoza, a remote, 17th century Dutch philosopher of Dutch philosopher of Jewish Portuguese origins, have to say about the predicaments of the 21st century? A lot, because the fanaticisms that he faced alone in his time have multiplied in ours. The fanaticism of his times provoked religious wars; the current
Read morePutin’s Incomprehensible Admirers
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE A nuclear power invades a small, sovereign nation. The world is witness to this unjust war, minute-by-minute, image-after-image: relentless bombardments against the civilian population, harrowing testimonies, mass exoduses, scenes of indescribable pain. That alone should arouse unanimous repudiation of the aggressor and unrestricted support for the victim. But that is not the case. A current of
Read more12th Journalist Killed in Mexico so Far This Year
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Tamaulipas reporter Antonio de la Cruz from the Ciudad Victoria newspaper Expreso was shot dead on Wednesday, June 29, while leaving his home, becoming the 12th journalist to be killed so far this year in Mexico. De la Cruz, who had been working at Expreso for more than 25 years, was, at that time, accompanied by his
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