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Money: The Objective

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 Money: The Objective Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero Although the US government has abundantly accused Mexico of economic and criminal charges, the data released by the White House regarding money laundering in Mexico seem to represent US interests more than the health of its youth. The informal economy has always predominated in our country; neoliberal integration was nothing less than the absorption of Mexican forces and services at the lowest possible cost to the United States. The nature of such a relationship can only be explained by informality, which is too close to corruption. Over the years, various financial institutions—from banks to currency exchange houses—have been implicated in the money laundering phenomenon. The evidence is not conclusive, but simply accusations by US authorities regarding obvious economic aspects. Mexico has been the North American Sicily for almost a century; the illegal economy is more than absolute; but there is a historical co-responsibility...

Civilizational Conflicts and a Parenthesis for Mexico

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 Civilizational Conflicts and a Parenthesis for Mexico Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero The situation in the Middle East has created an unexpected scenario for Mexico, allowing it to safeguard the country from conflict with Donald Trump. The conflicts in the Middle East reveal that the United States' problem is not Mexico, but the lack of war. The conflicts with Mexico are important, but less profitable than the conflicts with Arab countries. This suggests that US foreign policy is driven by strategic and economic interests. The tragedy of war saves Mexico from being Trump's center of attention. In this context, Mexico faces an important challenge: to take advantage of this pause to organize its internal problems and strengthen its economy, while maintaining a prudent and strategic foreign policy. History has shown that Mexico can benefit from complex situations, but it also faces significant risks if not managed properly. Despite the risk of nuclear energy in conflicts, the at...

MAGA Has Fallen in Los Angeles

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MAGA Has Fallen in Los Angeles Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero  The emergence of various social groups in some of California's major cities in response to the US federal government's intervention by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has further discredited Trumpism globally. The reaction of the Hispanic community in Los Angeles, California, in particular, may represent a breaking point for Trump's MAGA movement and signal that the United States' techno-feudal neoliberalism cannot exclude migrants working in the informal economy. California has been the starting point for mobilizations within North America and around the world to challenge Donald Trump's administration. California is one of the world's most important economies; in addition to the impressive civil resistance of the Hispanic community, there have also been strong demands from various business owners, landowners, and industrialists expressing the economic damage that the mass deportation of...

Artificial Right-Wings in Mexico

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 Artificial Right-Wings in Mexico Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero With the exception of openly pro-Cuadro-teist news programs, almost no one takes into account the developments of political movements such as those led by Raúl Tortolero, Eduardo Verástegui, Mexico Republicano, and FRENAAA. After the elections for the judiciary, as well as the local elections in Veracruz and Durango, the country's Hispanic and neoliberal right-wing movements have held back, ceding public opinion to right-wing groups that present themselves as extremists but, in concrete reality outside the internet and social media, lack impact. Mexican politics, influenced by a culture of masks and co-optation, always tries to incorporate traditional ruling elements through a form of transformation where the economic, political, and social hierarchy remains the same. Morena has been integrating too many opposition figures into its political structure and marginalizing pure and faithful elements. The extreme right i...

Culture of Authoritarian Poverty

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Culture of Authoritarian Poverty Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero Latin American populism, whether left or right, always ends up drawing on the culture of poverty that distinguishes the primitive social complexity produced by the economic structure. Jaime Castrejón Diez, focusing on the analysis of the types of civilization that make up Mexican society, found that the elements of the primitive and basic social fabric were predominant in our country. The foundation of Mexican society is primitive given its marginal economic level. The failure of neoliberals to change the Mexican order would have logically resulted in the triumph of populism—left or right—sooner or later. The liberal democratization of Mexico depends on the construction of a middle class, which, until now, is more a wish than a concrete reality. The reaction of the opposition to Morena in the face of a populist wave that continues unabated in the country is ironic. What did they expect? José Antonio Aguilar Rivera—like L...