Brazilian authorities have banned former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from running for reelection, owing to a corruption conviction. Unfortunately, this strict interpretation of a statute Lula himself signed could open the way for an election result that ultimately subverts the rule of law – and takes democracy down with it.
Artículos, The New York Times
Derrocar o no derrocar a Maduro
Hace poco, Luis Almagro, secretario general de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), hizo una declaración sorprendente en un mitin en la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela.
Artículos, The New York Times
Venezuela Is a Disaster. Time for a Coup?
Millions of Venezuelans are hungry, ill and fleeing the country. What would justify a takeover of the Chavista regime?
Artículos, The New York Times
El papel de México en la crisis nicaragüense
Más de 350 personas, la mayoría estudiantes y manifestantes, han muerto desde abril en Nicaragua, donde una reforma de pensiones, que al final se revocó, inició un movimiento social masivo que busca la renuncia del presidente Daniel Ortega.
Artículos, The New York Times
Mexico and the Nicaraguan Quagmire
More than 350 people, the majority of them students and protesters, have died since April in Nicaragua, where a broad social movement seeking the resignation of President Daniel Ortega was ignited by an aborted pension reform.
Ensayos, Proyect Syndicate
Mexico Gets Its Own Trump
Of the three main contenders in Mexico’s presidential election, none was as ill-prepared as the winner, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to manage the bully in the White House. Now Mexicans will have to face the consequences of their choice, just as their country – more than most – must face the consequences of Americans’ choice in 2016.
Artículos, Otros, The New York Times
The Bankruptcy of 21st Century Socialism
MEXICO CITY — It is difficult to say whether the Cubana de Aviación airliner’s crash in Havana a few weeks ago or the mock elections in Venezuela on May 20 are the best illustration of the utter bankruptcy of the 21st century socialism that Hugo Chávez and Raúl Castro have so loudly touted. They are both tragedies…
Artículos, The New York Times
Has Latin America’s Crusade Against Corruption Gone Too Far?
After two years of trials and investigations, the Lava Jato, or Car Wash, scandal continues to wreak havoc on Brazil’s politics.
Artículos, El País, Otros, Otros Artículos
“El 80% que odia al PRI está en disputa”
Jorge Castañeda se ha unido a la campaña de Ricardo Anaya como coordinador estratégico de Por México al Frente, la coalición que integran el conservador PAN y los progresistas PRD y Movimiento Ciudadano.
Artículos, The New York Times
La enchilada migratoria de Trump no es tan mala para México
La inmigración ha formado parte de la agenda México-Estados Unidos desde hace años.