Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. D. in Political Science and Sociology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico.
The Royal Spanish Academy defines "tómbola" as a "public raffle of various objects, generally as a fairground business or for charitable purposes." In other...
In the succession process, López Obrador has managed to restrict Mexico's first female president actions. He has appointed most of her cabinet, governors and other relevant positions.
Sinaloa is in the spotlight for the capture, kidnapping, or possibly negotiated surrender—it is not clear—of leaders of the so-called Sinaloa Cartel to the U.S. government.
For López Obrador to address Trump by letter, as if he were already the president of the United States, is a major diplomatic blunder without precedent between the two nations, and limits the political space of his successor.
What INE and the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary decide regarding the composition of the Congress of the Union will determine whether democratic checks and balances are preserved or if there will be a decline into hyper-presidentialism.
Regardless of the path taken by the next government, checks and balances are essential to strengthen institutions and minimize the risks of the emergence of authoritarian governments.
We are in the final stage of the campaigns with a society shaken by criminal violence and narco-politics, with the assassination of dozens of candidates, which generates fear in entire regions of the country.
If the pro-government candidate wins without a qualified majority in both chambers, the good news is that she could not only increase her room for maneuver and independence, and her capacity to negotiate with the opposition, but also not go down in history as the tutelary president.
