Month: July 2019
July 28, 2019
The Dilemma in 2019
Luis Rubio In 2018, the Mexican electorate shed the mask of the establishment’s dominant narrative and chose the candidate that promised to change the ruling axes of the country’s political...
July 21, 2019
Choppy Waters
Luis Rubio When the vessel Andrea Gail set sail from the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in a desperate act to participate in the last great fishing expedition of the season,...
July 14, 2019
Vices a la Argentine
Luis Rubio The risk of Mexico acquiring the Argentinian vice of being permanently stuck in a limbo of mediocre economic performance -worse than in recent years- with recurring ups and...
July 09, 2019
In Urzúa’s Resignation, AMLO Gets a Wakeup Call
AMERICAS QUARTERLY – BY LUIS RUBIO | JULY 9, 2019 Mexico Carlos Urzúa’s unexpected decision to step down as treasury secretary was a warning – will AMLO listen? MEXICO CITY – In all my...
July 07, 2019
Now They’re Government
Luis Rubio All governments blame their predecessors for the woes that they find or for those with which they cannot deal. No novelty here: this is not my problem, but...