Militarization and Public Safety: Another failed surgery

Synopsis Although most of the recommendations from experts and international organizations are aimed at gradually demilitarizing public safety, government decisions seem to do the opposite. An example of this is the agreement issued by the President of the Republic on the National Guard in which the Armed Forces are available permanently to carry out public … Read more

A new virus: New powers for the armed forces that do not correspond to them

Synopsis Even though both the army and the navy requested a legal framework that would give them certainty in their complementary performance in public security tasks since 2007, it was not until Andrés Manuel López Obrador arrival that the necessary legal transformations were carried out to comply with the requests of the Armed Forces. But … Read more

The Cost of Upholding PEMEX: Human lives and the environment

Synopsis The Mexican federal government has strengthened its strategy to benefit the internal market of production of petroleum products, especially gasoline and diesel. However, in its effort to achieve this, it is generating long-term negative externalities in the economy, environment, and most hazardously, people’s health. This happens because by increasing the production of petroleum products, … Read more

The Wellness Census, Originally Biased

Synopsis The political transformation of the current government is based on the creation of new programs with direct monetary transactions. With them, a response to the emergency of COVID-19 is attempted. Never the less, the “Wellness Census” which is used to select the recipients of these programs, displays issues of opacity, political bias from the … Read more

Remittance euphoria: exodus, money laundering & economic boom

Synopsis El crimen organizado se ha visto involucrado en diversos procesos electorales y su influencia resulta cada vez mayor. En México no se había reconocido formalmente la presencia del crimen organizado sino hasta fechas muy recientes. En 2021 la elección de Michoacán sentó un precedente en materia electoral. La Sala Superior del Tribunal Electoral del … Read more

A un año del huracán Otis: el costo del mal manejo de la crisis

Synopsis Esta alerta analiza la ineficiencia del gobierno en la gestión post–desastre después del impacto del huracán Otis en Acapulco en 2023, destacando la falta de información oficial sobre el desastre, la escasa asignación presupuestal, la falta de coordinación entre las instituciones involucradas y el caos que dominó las operaciones de rescate y rehabilitación. A … Read more

Deterioro y simulación dentro de las instituciones electorales

Synopsis Dos de las grandes instituciones del país, el Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) y el Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF), tendrán que presentar en los próximos días, una de las pruebas más difíciles en su historia. Con un presupuesto limitado, con unos recursos humanos disminuidos y con un claro debilitamiento organizacional, … Read more