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Spanish - A couple of weeks ago, President López Obrador claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic had "fit like a glove." There was much debate at the time about the meaning of his words, which were, to say the least, inappropriate given the…
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Spanish - On Friday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed an agreement that "extraordinarily" hands over the country's public security tasks to the Armed Forces. It is the militarization of the State, de facto and de…
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It was all very revealing: on February 12, President López Obrador invited the 100 most prosperous businessmen in Mexico to dinner. There is no record of any of the guests, the reason for the dinner, if anyone to attend, nor…
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Spanish - I will say at the outset that it is not the healthiest thing for democracy: to see the military intervene in the civil political process, not even to “kindly” suggest to an authoritarian who is illegally occupying power that…
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Spanish - Today, the situation in Hong Kong is close to chaos, after 18 weeks of demonstrations, mostly peaceful, but with a repressive response from the police, dependent on the semi-autonomous local government and the Beijing…
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Lopez Obrador would like to be Hugo Chavez, but he can’t. He simply doesn’t have the money that Hugo Chavez had at his disposal. Nor does he have an oil company that sustains his mammoth projects or can sustain them in a…
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The days go by, and the confirmations are unfortunately abundant. The government of Lopez Obrador is a grand failure. It is a disappointment to many of his followers. The country will not end up in the right place if it…
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The recent events in Mexico foreshadow a despicable future. Lopez Obrador’s government is acting as other leftist governments did in the past; like Sisyphus, who carries the same rock, again and again, hoping that something…
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On Thursday, 30th May, Donald Trump announced that Washington would impose progressively increasing tariffs on all goods from Mexico unless the Mexican government successfully stops the growing number of illegal migrants…
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