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Obsessed about Twitter 14 May 2012 | 03:21 pm
After the rather mediocre presidential debate, life in Mexico has plunged into one of those moments when one can see how immature Mexican democracy is. The debate, unlike what happens in other democr...
Debates, Institutions, and Distrust 6 May 2012 | 06:03 pm
Just a few hours before the first presidential debate one should stop and think how we come to this date. It is hard to face it, but there are little or no expectations about what might happen in the ...
The end of the first third 30 Apr 2012 | 07:20 am
Mexico is at the end of the first third of the presidential campaign. It is time to measure what the candidates and their parties have done so far. The worst performance of the electoral season comes...
Obrador is coming back 22 Apr 2012 | 07:03 pm
It was easy to see it coming. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the left-to center Mexican presidential candidate is already in a virtual tie with Josefina Vázquez Mota. Actually, on Thursday, April 19, Mr...
The problem with Mexico: 25 theses 13 Jul 2006 | 07:57 am
The problem with Mexico and especially with Mexican elections is that: Due to poor design, mistakes of key functionaries, or lack of legitimacy, institutions remain weak. Candidates, party leaders, ...
Mexico, Deep in the electoral labyrinth 4 Jul 2006 | 11:40 am
July 2, 2006 will go to the annals of Mexican history as the night that never ended. After more than seven decades of relatively smooth and predictable transitions from one government to the next, Me...
Mussings on the Mexican Election 27 Jun 2006 | 08:03 am
With less than one week before the presidential election in Mexico, the dust begins to settle as the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has sent his first con...
The Mexican Hot Summer 20 Jun 2006 | 02:37 pm
On July 2, Mexico will elect President, members of the two houses of the federal congress, and an assortment of local officials in states such as Nuevo León, Jalisco, Sonora, Morelos, Chiapas, and the...
Football (and any other Sport) as a Metaphor 12 Jun 2006 | 05:08 pm
This week and the next four, the world outside the United States devotes itself to the unique quadrennial experience of the Football World Cup, something that not even the Olympics, much less other sp...
Alan García or the Ultimate Latin American Paradox 4 Jun 2006 | 03:45 pm
This Sunday Peruvians will finish the process to elect a new President for their country. The two finalists in the second round of the election are the former President Alan García and Ollanta Humala,...
