Weekly Political Analysis
Is it the end of the popular consultation?
The decision of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of rejecting the requests for a popular consultation on...
The temptation of financial recklessness in electoral times.
Several political theorists have written about the temptation of governments in electoral periods of spending more than they...
López Obrador’s “hazing” in his return to the electoral arena.
During Felipe Calderón’s tenure, the image of Andrés Manuel López Obrador was slowly rebuilt after his 2006 electoral...
Oil price: the budget’s most flammable element.
The drop in international oil prices has always been a bad forecast for Mexican public finances. Between 3...
The new Guerrero government: an old modus operandi in Mexico.
In an extraordinary session – more atypical than outstanding – taking place on the midday of October 26th,...
The Mexican left and the 2015 experiment.
On July 20th, during the National Convention of the Citizen Movement (MC), Marcelo Ebrard criticized his former party,...
Environmental protection: the energy reform’s inconvenient issue.
During the last couple of days, the process for approving the energy reform’s secondary legislation has experienced a...
The Federal Telecommunications Law and its scope on oligopolies
A few days before President Enrique Peña issued the secondary legislation of the telecommunications and radio broadcasting reform,...
PAN’s potential failure: it’s not about numbers, it’s about the strategy.
During the last couple of weeks, the National Electoral Institute (INE) has carried out a process of verifying...
The energy regulation Project: creating budgets instead of growth.
The secondary legislation of the energy reform has begun its final stage with the presentation of the fourth...