Month: January 2013
January 27, 2013
Strong State?
Luis Rubio The great myth of Mexican politics is that there was in the past a strong and competent government that successfully guided the national destiny and that the only...
January 20, 2013
Structural Abuse
Luis Rubio It never fails. As dawn heralds each new day, on the initiation of each governorship or municipal presidency complaints begin to flow on the excessive debt that the...
January 13, 2013
All and Nothing at All
Luis Rubio Everything changed but everything stays the same. That’s the sum of nearly two months of government. In less than a week, the new government installed itself and changed...
January 06, 2013
To Construct Institutions
Luis Rubio Perhaps there is no greater evil, or one more despised by the Mexican society, than that of impunity. Impunity, the twin sister of corruption, is not the...
January 01, 2013
In the Lurch between Government and Chaos
JANUARY 2013 In the Lurch between Government and Chaos: Unconsolidated Democracy in Mexico By Luis Rubio https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/lurch-between-government-and-chaos-unconsolidated-democracy-mexico