Weekly Political Analysis
The PAN leadership’s energy project: beginning of the debate.
On the night of July 18th, PAN made its first public stance on the energy reform. Using a...
Political reform: a bargaining chip without a manual.
For the umpteenth time, a political reform in Mexico is discussed. Among the many “models” presented in recent...
Analysis Agenda. 22 July, 2013.
For the first time in over two decades, expectations regarding structural reforms in Mexico seem to drift away...
Extraordinary legislative periods: what’s the use?
One of the hardest tasks in this country is to put Congress members to work outside of the...
The Presidential evaluation surveys: a dangerous vanity temptation
The election period is over and media will start publishing some polls regarding President Peña’s approval rating. Despite...
The generation limit of the education reform
During the last weeks, the education reform issued by President Peña on February 25th, 2013 has been just...
The reforms’ impermeability in the face of elections (and the Pact for Mexico)
After the July 7th elections, both PAN and PRD put their continuity in the Pact for Mexico into...
The National Election Institute (INE): is it really necessary?
Finally, the 2013 electoral process has concluded. There are still some pending challenges and many of the results...
“Freeway” candidates
From 1946 onwards, political parties had the exclusivity of nominating candidates for popularly-elected posts. The 2012 electoral reform...
Public debt of states: the story beyond the scandal
On July 3rd, the Chamber of Deputies’ Commission of Constitutional Matters approved almost unanimously (apart from one abstention)...