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
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Mexican 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 moreBig Brother Is Watching
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Not long ago, I talked with my friend, the Spanish writer José María Lassalle, about the novel “1984” by George Orwell. We had my copy on hand. I transcribes the conversation. JML: In the country dominated by Big Brother — the omnipotent, omnipresent, omnipotent character of the novel — there were several ministries, but none as
Read moreAMLO Criticizes US for Preferring Electric Cars
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), in his morning press conference on Monday, June 13, claimed that the price of gasoline is skyrocketing in the United States mainly because the U.S. government has stopped investing in oil due to its preference for electric cars. “The United States has a serious problem because a gallon of gasoline,
Read moreMexico’s Economic Deceleration Due to Investor Mistrust of President
By RICARDO CASTILLO Fear does not ride on a burro; it flies at the speed of sound! And spreading fear of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) economic policies seems to be the leading reason that Mexico’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has slumped markedly, to the point of reaching a minimal growth of 0.1 percent for the second quarter of
Read moreArgentina Moves Toward the Center
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina
Read moreMexican President Declares End of Neoliberal Era
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) officially declared the demise of the country’s 37-year neoliberal era on Sunday, March 17. Speaking at the close of a two-day forum titled “Planning Together the Transformation of Mexico” at the National Palace, the president said that the age of “pillaging, anti-populist and submissive economic policies” was over and a
Read moreNot Bad for AMLO’s First 100 Days
By RICARDO CASTILLO Among the top achievements that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) managed to accomplish and pass through Congress during his first 100 days, as noted in the address he delivered on Monday, March 11, at the National Palace in Mexico City are three laws: The Law of Eminent Domain, which gives the federal government the authority
Read moreUncertainty, the New Norm
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexican Tycoons Go Beserk Over AMLO’s Lead
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s top tycoons are slamming down the electoral panic button! One after another, the owners of the nation’s top fortunes are asking their employees to “weigh the balance” (sopesar, in Spanish) of their vote and vote for continuity and stability. What does that mean? Do not vote for the Together We’ll Make History three-party coalition candidate Andrés
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