A Hundred Years After ‘La Cristiada’
“The Cristero War stands as an example of the high cost that political struggles among the elites of power can have for society when they act irresponsibly,” concludes Meyer.
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The Normalization of the Abnormal
Palestine’s ambassador to Mexico, Nadya Rasheed, denounces the normalization of genocide in Gaza: more than 73,000 Palestinians killed, homes, schools and hospitals destroyed, water poisoned — and a world that looks away.
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Wages: Reversing the Neoliberal Damage
Wages now make up 30.8% of GDP (4.1 points more than in 2018) and labor poverty fell to 31.9%: the Fourth Transformation reversing decades of neoliberal wealth transfer to those at the top.
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The Three Sovereignties: The Civilizational Crisis of the West
“The East does not reproduce the Western paradigm of a single dominant pole, but its opposite,” argues Rojas Silva.
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Mexico’s Financial Sector Is a Shackle on Development
Drawing on Mariana Mazzucato’s critique, Mario Campa argues that Mexico’s concentrated commercial banking and starved development banking hold back the country’s development.
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Twenty Foundations Moved from Philanthropy to Funding Opponents of Mexico’s 4T
Aníbal García Fernández tracks 20 business-linked foundations that gave 2.7 billion pesos in 2025. As USAID money dried up, part of it was redirected to think tanks and NGOs.
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Rocha, Cerimedo and the Beast
“What of Rocha. What of Cerimedo. What of Negre. What of “Alito” and the other worms. The issue is the beast that drools and growls on the porch of our house,” writes Páez Varela.
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What Awaits Migrant Kids “Al Otro Lado?”
Kathy Kruger Castro, a Mexican attorney at Al Otro Lado, was separated from her brother for 10 years at the border. Now she fights for unaccompanied migrant kids.
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The 4T
“On July 2, 2018, a political event took place in Mexico that many still fail to grasp… The first thing to say is that 15 million citizens who had not taken part in previous elections burst onto the scene.”
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Beyond the USMCA: Why Sheinbaum Can’t Bet Everything on the US Economy
With Treasury yields spiking and US job losses mounting, Mexico’s USMCA shield may not hold, pushing Sheinbaum toward state-led growth and new partners like Brazil.
