Tag: Political Analysis
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 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...
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,...