Weekly Political Analysis
Obama’s immigration action: expectations and reality.
On November 20th, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a much-anticipated set of executive orders that would seek to...
The intense (but rhetorical) fight against corruption.
Corruption is an endemic issue in Mexico. Social unrest, fueled by recent protests, has called for the end...
The chronic crisis of institutions in Mexico
The institutional system in Mexico has had a blemish since its foundation. With the exception of certain periods...
The PRD crisis: same old story, different context.
he political crisis derived from the Ayotzinapa case, has left the Party for the Democratic Revolution (PRD) as...
The Mexican economy: from high expectations to reality.
In the first two years of President Peña’s administration, structural reforms created an environment of high economic expectations,...
Social unrest: an undermined government?
On November 20th, a series of public demonstrations in various parts of Mexico and the rest of the...
The chronic exhaustion of justice procurement in Mexico
“I feel tired”. A reckless statement voiced by Mexico’s Attorney General, Jesús Murillo Karam, at the end of...
The case of the México-Querétaro high-speed rail or how to sustain a derailed investment.
In an odd act for the way in which PRI governments handle protocol, President Peña withdrew the bidding...
Participatory budget: a civil society that puts pressure but does not engage.
Last week, Mexico City’s Electoral Institute (IEDF) held the second popular consultation on participatory budget for 2015. The...
The crisis in security and justice is structural, not circumstantial.
The resurgence of insecurity as a key issue within the national media, the beginning of the campaign towards...