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Jesús Tovar

Professor and researcher at the Center for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Former President of the Mexican Association of Political Science (AMECIP). PhD from FLACSO-Mexico.

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The night reggaeton challenged the empire: Bad Bunny and the battle for cultural hegemony

At the heart of the most powerful spectacle in the United States, Bad Bunny turned reggaeton into an act of cultural insurrection that challenged, live and without translation, the hegemony of the empire.

The Booty State: From power gridlock to state collapse in Peru

Today, the Peruvian State is a prey held captive by the executive and legislative powers, by the old and new parties, left, center and right, by the politicians in office. In the meantime, the citizenry watches stupefied, passive, immobile, without knowing what to do.

A New Constitution and A Second Republic for Peru

A political constitution is not an end in itself, it is an instrument for a higher goal: the peaceful cohesion of a society. The current Peruvian political constitution no longer fulfills that purpose. This legal instrument does not achieve the social cohesion necessary to preserve peace and compliance with the law.