Tag: Institutions
Mexico in 2018
Presidential candidacies grow and proliferate at the speed of sound. In that universe there are men and women,...
Past and Present
Those who idolize the old PRIist system speak of the predictability that characterized it. The rules were...
The Matter of Power
What is peace? Is it simply the absence of war? Kant thinks not. These are core questions that...
Time in Politics
In public life, say politicians, nothing is more important than timing. An identical action or announcement can have...
To Govern
The complexity of Mexico’s political life, the violence, and the corruption, but above all the absence of a...
Governability: What For?
During his exile in Paris, Porfirio Díaz stated that “governing Mexicans is more difficult than herding turkeys while...
The Country’s Dilemma
The dismay never fails to surprise. I visit various places in Mexico and hear the same complaints and...
Government and Democracy
There are two ways to focus on the challenges facing Mexico at present. The first is to assume...
Institutions and Democracy
We Mexicans have confused two very distinct processes that, while at some moment and circumstance could be complementary,...
Obeying the Law
“When I visit a country, wrote Montesquieu, I am concerned less with knowing what the laws are than...