2016-03-19 18:53
For the past six months, AMLO has looked a lot like "Subcomandante" Marcos. No, Lopez Obrador did not take up smoking a pipe and wearing a mask, but after being rejected by the Mexican popul… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Yesterday, January 4, just before 8 PM, there was an apparent political assassination here in Acapulco. The newspapers are calling this an execution style hit, on Montealban street, in the d… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I apologize for being away for so long from this blog. My health has not been good, and I have been teaching in the U.S. This gave me a chance to observe first hand the November "midterm" el… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Los Angeles Times, never a friend to right wing causes, has published an editorial which should sting AMLO as much as Tabasco's voters did last Sunday.http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion… Read More
2006-10-18 23:57
I had predicted a PRI victory in Tabasco, but not a ten point landslide. The PRD is pleading "fraud," but that could not account for such a gap (especially when the opinion polls match the b… Read More
2006-10-06 16:13
The big question in Mexican politics today is how much AMLO's late summer antics hurt the long term prospects of his Democratic Revolution Party (PRD). All eyes are now on his home state of… Read More
2006-09-29 16:49
Even as things have returned to normal in Mexico (notwithstanding Oaxaca) and as most international reporters and academics have endorsed the election procedures, it is frustrating to still… Read More
2006-09-28 21:12
Nothing is more unfortunate in interpersonal or diplomatic circles than when an attempt to make an objective comment (or even to offer a compliment) is taken as an offense. This happens all… Read More
2006-09-28 21:00
Earlier this month, a great social scientist passed away. Psychologist Warren Mitofsky died in New York city of an aortic aneurysm, at age 71. Most of his early work was with the CBS network… Read More
2006-09-24 20:31
I am in southern California this month and am amazed at1. the lack of coverage about Mexico2. the coverage of local "Chicano activists" going to Mexico to participate in AMLO's demonstration… Read More
2006-09-19 03:07
It was obvious even before the election that Cuauhtemoc Cardenas had only lukewarm support for this years PRD presidential candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, but Cardenas kept a low pro… Read More
2006-09-16 02:30
AMLO's sore loser protests are passing from the stage of history with a whimper. These two factors indicate the effective end of his protests.== He will take down the barricades for a weeken… Read More
2006-09-16 02:29
Part of me wanted the tribunal to call for a new election. I figured THAT would give the Mexican public a chance to show AMLO what they really thought about him and his post election antics… Read More
2006-08-29 22:28
TRIFE, the independent seven judge panel has unanimously ruled that there was no massive fraud in the July 2. They threw out a small number of disputed votes (less than the difference betwee… Read More
2006-08-28 20:46
Kenneth Emmond, writing in El Universal, has proved as eloquent as he is incisive in his latest "Is Lopez Obrador a Revolutionary"?http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_… Read More
2006-08-27 22:11
One of the most in depth foreign reports about the post-election situation in Mexico has just appeared in the Toronto Daily Mail by on the scene reporter Arno Kopecky, who asks the question… Read More
2006-08-11 02:38
Last weekend I was at the airport sending my goddaughter back home after spending a delightful summer. I met a woman who worked at UAEM and we began a conversation about the university. Some… Read More
2006-08-02 05:31
It is always interesting which U.S. political movements choose to ally themselves with Mexican political movements. They use the same buzzwords and rely upon the same rhetoric. Perpetual U.S… Read More
2006-08-01 03:11
I have done a more thorough search of the North American press and was hearted to find some insightful coverage.There is the usual depth at specialized sites like Carlos Luken at MexDatahttp… Read More
2006-07-29 00:11
The election will become official in September when (if) the Tribunal certifies it. In the meantime, I am amazed by a couple of phenomena.1. AMLO is fomenting demonstrations. He will have h… Read More
2006-07-09 18:37
Over the last few days, the international press has weighed in on the Mexican election. From the U.S., Spain, England, and France, the election and its tabulation are seen as legitimate. Wor… Read More
2006-07-07 17:11
I stumbled across another blog,http://machete2006.wordpress.com/This is an interesting conspiracy theory, with much more speculative theory than hard evidence of conspiracy. It sounds simila… Read More
2006-07-06 21:34
On Tuesday I went into DF to attend a conference at UNAM. The stall vendors in the markets were watching their portable TVs: soccer and soap operas. Was there an election last Sunday?At the… Read More
2006-07-06 21:31
On Monday I looked at three Toluca precincts to illustrate how badly the PRI fared in Sunday's election. A more comprehensive geographical and historical analysis reveals that point with eve… Read More
2006-07-06 21:31
On Monday I looked at three Toluca precincts to illustrate how badly the PRI fared in Sunday's election. A more comprehensive geographical and historical analysis reveals that point with eve… Read More
2006-07-06 21:30
Anytime there are more than two candidates, the question arises if voting for anyone other than the top two constitutes a wasted vote. In this year's Mexican presidential election, the answe… Read More
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