Yearly Archives: 2024
NAFTA
Luis Rubio At its thirtieth anniversary, the North American Free Trade Agreement (and its second iteration in the form of the USMCA) has been the most successful instrument of economic transformation that Mexico has ever had in its life as an independent nation. It sounds easy, but in recent decades it has been possible to […]
Mexico’s 2024 Elections: Time To Boost Democracy Or Cement Authoritarianism
• WORLDCRUNCH – ENGLISH EDITION LOPEZ-OBRADOR As Mexico´s president seeks to consolidate his power ahead of the 2024 general elections in the fall, will voters and institutions react to safeguard the country´s democracy or fall deeper into outgoing President López Obrador´s authoritarian impulses? MEXICO CITY — Two philosophies divide the realm of power. One seeks to ensure the state […]
Crossing the Abyss
Luis Rubio “You can observe a lot by just watching” said Yogi Berra, the great baseball icon. There are few things as sobering as the way that campaigns for the presidency are coming to take shape. Times of presidential succession are exceptional moments because they present two contrasting processes: on the one hand, all the […]