Institutional Destruction: A self-inflicted injury to the State

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

PEMEX: The devasting pathology that the country faces

Synopsis Therefore, the oil production, alone generated a gross loss for (Pemex) of at least 82.6 million dollars during April, since only three of 199 active fields generated profits in the extraction. However, considering administrative expenses, the losses in oil production amount to 12,723 million pesos during the second quarter of 2020. October 2020 PEMEX: … Read more

Migration Containment: Serious Human Rights Violations

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

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