Month: June 2015
June 28, 2015
The Requisite Conversation
Luis Rubio Beyond the problems –structural and temporary- that aggrieve Mexico, what’s most striking for me as observer is the absence of a national conversation between the government and...
June 25, 2015
The Transcendence of NAFTA
Luis Rubio The true transcendence of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was its exceptional character in the public life of Mexico. Although its economic impact has been extraordinary...
June 21, 2015
Three Years
Luis Rubio The elections are over, now comes the tallying. For some the elections went well, for others poorly, but all have to deal with the new reality. There are...
June 14, 2015
Victory for What?
Luis Rubio There are two indisputable facts in the results of last Sunday’s elections: on the one hand, the government’s party achieved maintaining its position in Congress, which constitutes a...
June 07, 2015
Army and Democracy
Luis Rubio The Mexican Army is characterized by a contradictory array of paradoxes. On the one hand, it is an institution that enjoys the greatest prestige and popular recognition that...