Month: October 2016
October 30, 2016
Mexico-U.S. Scenarios
Luis Rubio The election that will be over in nine days has not been the most polarized in history; whoever recalls the Vietnam era knows that there are cycles in...
October 23, 2016
Gangs and Laws
Luis Rubio In his comedy The Knights, Aristophanes groups the population into a personage called Demos who, on being led by the nose, is coaxed with flattery and beguiled by adroit demagogues....
October 18, 2016
Mexico Facing the U.S.: Now and in the Future
Luis Rubio What is novel in the U.S. electoral contest does not lie in the polarization of that society which is reflected not in the personages themselves, although there is...
October 17, 2016
Security: Past and Present
Luis Rubio In his Political Testament (1640), Cardinal Richelieu sustains that the problems of the State are of two classes: easy and insoluble. The easy ones are those that were foreseen....
October 09, 2016
What Did Not Come
Luis Rubio I have always been intrigued by the contrasts in Mexico’s political evolution with respect to the South American nations. Although there are in truth some parallels, the reality...
October 02, 2016
Evasion
Luis Rubio The Government Palace is burning. It is ablaze in a state famous for being civilized and even developed. This is not Oaxaca or Guerrero but Chihuahua. The responsibility,...