Yearly Archives: 2024

Luis Rubio Freedom is an ever-scarcer commodity. In contrast with other key factors for the development of a nation, such as education and health, freedom is the factor that strengthens both the citizenry and society at large. A nation of free people is a nation with potential for growth and development. As Allan Bloom once […]

Luis Rubio “The ultimate gift of conscious life is a sense of the mystery that encompasses it”Lewis Mumford Knowledge advances at such speed that it is only possible to grasp some sample nuggets of it, but while some of these are truly revealing, the sensation always remains that one learns more but knows less. Here […]

Luis Rubio During her transition period, the president-elect was extremely cautious about how she would exercise power, especially given the large majorities with which Morena controls Congress. She was emphatic in protecting the rights of minorities. However, once in office, that change of tone disappeared from the map. Harmony disappeared, being replaced by renewed militancy. […]

Luis Rubio The government changed, but the problems remain, which does not mean that they can cease being attended to. Mexico has been experiencing a peculiar paradox for many years: an increasingly activist government with an increasingly weak State.   Perhaps this is about a way of facing, or hiding, the true problem: the government increasingly […]

Luis Rubio Every time a Mexican administration exceeds its budget, protests arise in the vein of levying additional taxes. To justify this, comparative statistics are invoked among (usually dissimilar) nations or exceptional circumstances. The easy part for a politician is to seek novel wellspring of resources instead of questioning how the existing ones are employed. […]

Luis Rubio The story goes that Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravity when an apple fell on his head, and he asked why it fell rather than flew. Although fictitious, the anecdote serves to think about the way Mexico could progress and prosper or retrogress even further. President Sheinbaum has set clear goals for […]

  WorldcrunchLuis RubioNovember 21, 2024 Will Mexico’s leftist government show pragmatism in dealing with the next U.S. administration or just keep bashing Donald Trump and watch the dismal effects on its economy, asks Mexican political commentator Luis Rubio. AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- MEXICO CITY — U.S.-Mexico ties will always be complex: two nations that share a long border, […]

Luis Rubio There is no better guide to determine whether a leadership connects with the circumstances of the country than gauge whether her vision of the past and of the future matches the budgetary reality. There is nothing more concrete than the content of the governmental budget, in that therein are shaped the priorities, the […]

Luis Rubio The relationship with the United States will always be complex due to the enormous differences between the two nations that are so historically, culturally and economically in contrast to each other, but that has not hindered the neighborhood from having become a source of enormous opportunities. Now, once the Americans have elected a […]

Luis Rubio In her speech before Mexican and North American businesspeople the President delivered three messages: first, the free trade agreement between the two nations is key for Mexico and should be strengthened; second, foreign investments are fundamental for the development of Mexico; and third, the investments are safe and there will be clear rules. […]