Signos Vitales México

Synopsis Tensions between federal and local governments are not new in Mexico, but the beginning of the current administration in the country has intensified the relations of a group of governors with the President. These confrontations are anchored, fundamentally, in the disproportionality of the fiscal system and the political control that the federal executive power … Read more

Synopsis The nature of social programs tends to concentrate on aspects related to people ́s wellness, where the main goal is that they reach optimum levels of life quality. It tries to ensure effective access to the rights related to availability, quality, and access to medical service, education, solid institutions, zero hungry programs, and the … Read more

Synopsis The slow but progressive construction and consolidation of the democratic institutions and the professionalization of the public administration in Mexico, are being threatened by a series of attacks that the federal government has provided in almost two years of ruling. Through budgeting reduction, the colonization of managerial bodies of autonomous branches, and the disappearance … Read more

Synopsis During the last three years, there has been a significant increase in this migratory flow, which is attributable to the so-called humanitarian crisis in Central America, whose main causes are organized crime and the precarious economic situation. In this context, the Donald Trump government pressured the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to … Read more

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

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

Synopsis The so-called war against organized crime started in 2007 multiplied the violence in the country and that wave took with it the life of several journalists that were suppressed on its wake. Others, though alive, have been victims of aimed aggressions to control the news agenda and the rights of the population to be … Read more

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

Synopsis The extinction of public trusts, not only bolsters the pattern of the president to rule by decree, but it breaks the juristic value of the country, by boosting the uncertainty that generates as a consequence of the breach of contracts of which the interests and rights of people and companies are deposited. Furthermore, the … Read more