La idea del referéndum para resolver la reforma energética tiene dos grandes virtudes: el presidente Calderón no la quiere, y AMLO no la entiende. Esta conjunción de atributos permite avanzar. De la misma manera que el gobierno optó por presentar lo que c
Otra vez el Chip Priísta
Es improbable que Creel haya resultado ser la primera víctima del fiasco de la llamada iniciativa Mérida. Es probable que cualquiera de las otras explicaciones –Veto de Televisa, encuesta que lo coloca a la cabeza del PAN para 2012 o temas personales- sea
Galería de Fotos NYU
Historia de dos izquierdas
HACE APENAS POCO MÁS DE UNA DÉCADA, América Latina parecía estar en el umbral de un círculo virtuoso de progreso económico y gobernabilidad democrática mejorada, supervisado por un número creciente de gobiernos tecnocráticos de centro. En México, el presi
A Bunch Of Crooks On The Run
Early in 1964, a group active during La Violencia—a period of extreme violence and turmoil that wracked Colombia during the 1950s—launched a peasant uprising in what became known as the “Republic of Marquetalia,” a rough-and-tumble backwater of western Co
COLOMBIAN CAPTIVES FREED; CHAVEZ EXPOSED
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unwittingly revealed the truth about his secret relationship with Colombia’s FARC guerrillas in early January, a development that can be seen as one of the most important in recent times in Latin America.
To achieve his s
The Forgotten Relationship
Free from the strategic and ideological rigidities of the Cold War, Latin America in the mid-1990s looked forward to a more realistic and constructive relationship with the United States. The first Summit of the Americas in 1994, which launched negotiatio
Felipe Calderon’s daunting to-do list for Mexico
MEXICO’S SEEMINGLY endless electoral ordeal has finally concluded: Felipe Calderon took office as president on Friday, albeit under hardly auspicious circumstances. Constitutional order has prevailed — though just barely — despite the onslaught of a strid
Jabbing the U.S. and leading with his left
Evo morales, Bolivia’s new president, is not Latin America’s first chief executive of indigenous origins. That was Benito Juárez of Mexico during the second half of the 19th century. And Bolivia is not “Latin” America: It and Guatemala are the only nation
Derechos humanos
Hace un par de semanas tuve el honor de asistir a una cena de despedida ofrecida por una embajada Europea a Amerigo Incalcaterra, el virtual expulsado ex representante de la Alta Comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, con sus amigas y a