CIENCIA POLÍTICA

 Incentives: Time, Income, and Effort Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero The struggle to confront drug-related insecurity in Mexico reveals a profound disconnect between political extremes and the national challenges the country faces. Attempting to resolve such a critical problem with lukewarm measures or mere good intentions is nothing more than evading the gravity of the issue, a tactic that has unfortunately characterized Mexico's economic policy since the 1970s. While the economy should be based on concrete facts, the real obstacle lies in the lack of political will to dismantle a deeply entrenched colonial-feudal system that has existed for almost five centuries in Latin America. Expert Luis Rubio astutely analyzes the situation of the Mexican middle class, facing a bleak outlook. For many families, obtaining quality education, formal employment, decent housing, and access to credit can take more than two decades, while migrating to the United States allows them to access these...

 Gerald Ford in the Impossible Triangle Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero Throughout history, relations between the United States and Latin America have been marked by actions that some might call imperialist. Although there is talk of the largest US military deployment in the region, such movements are nothing new in Washington's history. Experts like James Cockcroft have dedicated in-depth analyses to this topic, exploring how the White House's geopolitical interests have shaped its interventionist policy toward Latin America. Today, the focus seems to be shifting toward what some call the "tripod of evil" in the region: Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico. These countries, according to certain political discourses, represent a threat under the concept of narcoterrorism, a label used to justify extreme measures and open new fronts in US national security. Turning to this axis, figures like Donald Trump have expressed their intention to combat the "populist narcoterroris...