Weekly Political Analysis
Tax reform: a decrease for productive investment
This week will witness the conclusion of voting in the Senate for the approval of the tax reform....
Granting pardons: justice or justification?
President Peña has announced the decision of granting a pardon to Alberto Patishtán, a Chiapas teacher who has...
Michoacán: a mirror for governmental ineffectiveness.
After days of violence in the last weekend of October in Michoacán, in addition to several attacks at...
The IFE demise: a further step towards centralization?
On October 30, the legal term of 4 counselors of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), including its Chairman,...
Josefina Vázquez Mota: the challenge of “polishing the tarnished silver.”
On October 21 was the formalization of something that many people suspected for a long time: the former...
VAT homologation in border zones: a lost battle?
On October 18, the Chamber of Deputies approved the 2014 Income Law and sent it to Senate for...
President Peña’s neo-Obregonist governance policy
“No one can survive a 50 thousand pesos gunshot”: a quote attributed to former President Álvaro Obregón and...
Lobbying: neither an angel nor a demon.
On October 14, the Chamber of Deputies – clearly reacting to a scandal derived from a news story...
Is Mexico heading towards Abeconomics?
Given the complex situation of the international economy, in the last few months there has been an interest...
PAN’s political reform: a meager “bargaining chip”.
PAN has joined PRD in delaying forums about the energy reform to be held at the Senate, which...