Luis Rubio The decisive moments of the becoming of a country are those during which effective leadership arises that confronts grave adversity in contusive fashion. Present-day Mexico confronts two adversities: the foreign one and the one that is homemade. Regarding the former, the President is doing the best possible. The latter derives from a long […]

Luis Rubio The context speaks for itself but is not consistent. The country is experiencing a species of schizophrenia: on the one hand, it would be difficult to conceive of a higher popularity level for the President. On the other hand, the perception of risk reaches a good part of the population. The former may […]

Luis Rubio The China-United States conflict precedes Trump. After years of economic complementarity, for which someone coined the word “Chimerica” to describe a relationship that ties together the relative strengths of each of those nations -manufacture for the Asian giant, creativity and technological innovation for the superpower- these two began to distance themselves from each […]

Luis Rubio Two very different moments portray recent times. One is that of AMLO and what he represented. The other is that of Claudia Sheinbaum. Although they have stemmed from the same locus in these last years, from Morena specifically, their histories are clearly distinct. The movement that AMLO headed was, in the words of […]

Luis Rubio Absolute power, insinuated by Lord Acton, is not a guarantee of good government. And even more so when all that power lies in the hands of an ethereal entity called the Morena party that, now without the active leadership in control of all the processes of AMLO, is becoming a complex, increasingly bureaucratic […]

Luis Rubio Mexico is split into two worlds with perceptions appearing to be irreconcilable. According to recent surveys, President Sheinbaum commands more than 70% approval, while the remainder of society disapproves of her, frequently in resounding fashion. In general terms, these numbers are not radically distinct from those observed in the 2024 presidential election or […]

Luis Rubio An old American saying goes that “it takes two to tango.” For many decades, Mexico and the United States learned to dance with each other, though, after a serious and promising start, their heart stopped being there. In the eighties, amid a severe economic crisis that threatened to the destroy the country, Mexico […]

Luis Rubio Perhaps there is no greater factor of dissonance in national political life than the confrontation of visions, interpretations and expectations that characterizes the ongoing political debate and public opinion: for some everything is fine, for others everything is bad. Part of the explanation surely originates in an ideological clash that leads to extreme […]

Luis RubioFebruary 10, 2025 ​ Summarize ​ After Colombia’s president took on U.S. President Trump and lost, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has managed this new complex relationship with remarkable deftness and clarity of purpose. But can this strategy be maintained with Trump’s mind set on tariffs everywhere? After Colombia’s president took on U.S. President Trump and […]

           Luis Rubio It is impossible not to perceive the paradox that characterizes the government and Mexico today. On the one hand, we have a government that seeks (and requires?) the support and unity of the population in the face of a great challenge from abroad. On the other hand, there is a party and government […]