Month: April 2018
April 29, 2018
What’s next?
Luis Rubio Kafka, according to the anecdote, should have been Mexico’s local customs and manners author. Perhaps even he would have never imagined the absurdities of Mexicans’ daily lives. In...
April 22, 2018
The measure of impunity
Luis Rubio A somber panorama was presented by the parents and relatives of thousands of the disappeared on Reforma Avenue a few weeks ago. An infinity of crosses, on...
April 21, 2018
The Economic Problem
Luis Rubio All the evaluations of the problems of the Mexican economy usually include: lack of credit, industrial plant competitiveness and the competition from (mostly Chinese) imports. Each of these...
April 15, 2018
Two worlds
Luis Rubio This election is becoming clearer every day: the dispute, not in a rational but in a subliminal sense, is about two worlds, two perspectives on life and the...
April 08, 2018
The old-new dispute
Luis Rubio Mexico has been fighting for the future for at least half a century. After decades of stability and relatively high economic growth, in the 1960s the economic order...
April 01, 2018
Fear vs. Anger
Luis Rubio Emotions are an inherent component in human nature, thus in electoral processes. When we say that a candidate “connects” with his audience we mean that he or she...