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Even floor. The difficult construction of internal democracy in political parties

 Even floor. The difficult construction of internal democracy in political parties Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero During the last days the problem of the methods for the designation of candidates in the electoral coalitions and political movements of Mexico persists. The disagreement with the rules of internal competition and its interpretation makes it clear that the appointment of candidates motivates the defense of political rights, turncoatism and political entrepreneurship in Mexico and Latin America. These phenomena are linked to a disease of political institutes and party systems that seems to find no solution. Will we reach a scenario, similar to the French one, in which we see people who are far from partisan alignments govern? Perhaps this happens in Latin America and explains the lack of institutionality in our political systems. Given the natural partisan factionalism, as well as the discontent of some leaders, it has become a common currency for rulers and public rep...

Ebrard adheres to social liberalism

 Ebrard adheres to social liberalism Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero The video presentation entitled "El Camino de México" that seeks to promote Marcelo Ebrard's career as a public figure, actually shows the distance that the former Mexican foreign minister has from the principles that distinguish the government of the Fourth Transformation. The material seems to be aimed at an electoral sector that seeks the economic integration of Mexico with the United States, the promotion of capitalism and the development of technological modernization in the areas of government security and education. It explains little about any social work that the former Head of Government of CDMX has carried out, even the issue of public transport that could have been useful, was not taken into consideration -for example, the issue of the Metro-. Since his incorporation into the technocratic team of Manuel Camacho Solís, Ebrard Casaubón appreciated politics as a managerial bureaucrat. That is t...

Armenta: Fallen Soldier?

 Armenta Fallen Soldier? Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero There has been speculation regarding the interest of the oligarchic groups in the entity to sabotage Alejandro Armenta, in the same way that they did - and do - with Mario Marín. The competition for the morenista candidacy for the government of the state of Puebla has generated ups and downs in the profile of the applicants. A singular case in recent times has been that of Senator Alejandro Armenta: he went from considering himself Incitatus to the center of marine polemics. Indeed, the coverage and sponsorship of a political clique is not always the best letter of introduction in political contexts such as those that Puebla has experienced. There has been speculation regarding the interest of the oligarchic groups in the entity to sabotage Alejandro Armenta, in the same way that they did - and do - with Mario Marín. Puebla's political elites distinguish between the officers, the troops and the Indians -according to their ow...

The INE. cultural montage

 The INE. cultural montage Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero Companies are forced to live in regimes of limited participation by oligarchic groups and authoritarian public officials like Córdova himself. A few days ago, the former president of the INE, Lorenzo Córdova, interpreted the results of the Latinobarómetro survey in light of the role that the IFE/INE has played in the construction of the Transition Model via Competitive Elections. In addition to hypocritical lamentations, the racist and authoritarian official commits the excess of attributing the social disenchantment of democracy with the Fourth Transformation. The way in which sectors sympathetic to Lopezobradorism, as well as the holder of the federal executive power, are judged negatively, shows that Córdova could never affirm himself as a neutral arbiter of the electoral processes in Mexico, much less as the positive channel of Mexican democratic consolidation. AUTHORITARIANISM No society prefers authoritarianism, the ...

Lozano and Verastegui. The marginalized radical right

 Lozano and Verastegui. The marginalized radical right Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero The neoliberal economic modernization preferred by Claudio X. González and the Broad Front as a political option, has generated that the Catholic nationalist groups show themselves as cliques of rednecks at the service of pragmatic economic groups. In the electoral process of 2024, the independent participation of the tendencies that, at some point, reflected a singular part of the National Action Party is glimpsed. While it was considered that the Hispanic VOX effect would allow the structuring of a radicalism similar to that developed in some European political processes, the truth is that -as in the Synarchist era- Catholic nationalism becomes the true shameful right for the groups neoliberal and business articulated around Claudio X. González. The divergence of Gilberto Lozano and Eduardo Verástegui with the profile of Xóchitl Gálvez -probably the ideal candidate of the Broad Front for Mexic...