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.
Artículos, The New York Times
Se aproxima una tormenta perfecta a México
Los países no desaparecen, pero a veces sí se enfrentan con tormentas perfectas.
Artículos, The New York Times
A Perfect Storm is Coming to Mexico
Countries don’t disappear, it has been said, but sometimes they do encounter perfect storms.
Artículos, Proyect Syndicate
The Regional Repercussions of Honduras’s Botched Election
Once again, a serious breach of representative democracy has occurred in Latin America. Despite all the regional legal tools that have been created in recent years, an unfair and scarcely free election was probably stolen, or at best, tainted to the point that the result cannot be considered reliable.