Mexico is living through an inflexion point. After two failed attempts, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (or AMLO, the acronym of his full name) was triumphantly elected on July 1, 2018. He received 53% of the votes—obtaining 30 points more than…
The US government has been closed for 24 days because of Trump’s intransigence. As a matter of fact, it’s not the first time this happens. The longest government shutdown standing lasted 21 days during Clinton’s presidency. However, back then it…
A new political cycle begins this week in the U.S., midst a federal government shutdown. With the swearing in of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi rises to its presidency once again. A career building bridges…
Woodrow Wilson Bledsoe (1921-1995) was a brilliant North American computer scientist, educator and mathematician, who dedicated a lot of time to detecting patterns with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Back in 1960, he conducted the first tests on facial recognition. Surprisingly, methods…
Two weeks ago, I published an end-of-year article on the scenario developing in U.S. politics entering the New Year. However, a recent change in the Secretary of Defense requires me to attach a second analysis to it. Trump begins to…
Since his electoral campaign, Donald Trump has repeatedly promised building a wall along the border with Mexico, which the latter would pay for. With that xenophobic rhetoric, he mobilized and maintains the support of one of the demographic sectors that…
El 18 de Diciembre de 1996, en la cuidad de Lima, capital de Perú, terroristas del MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru) asaltaron la residencia del embajador de Japón, provocando la muerte de dos policías y un magistrado mientras toman como…
As the year comes to a close, it’s worth taking a look into the economic and political projections for Latin America that the Center for Democracy and Development (CDDA) in the Americas handles. Moreover, worth reflecting on the policies—or lack…
El día 17 de Diciembre es una fecha en la que coinciden dos eventos relacionados a la gran figura que fue El Libertador Simón Bolívar. En 1819, un día como hoy, El Libertador proclama formalmente en el Congreso de Angostura…
El 14 de Diciembre de 1989, en Chile, Patricio Aylwin es electo Presidente y comienza la transición hacia la democracia. Chile venía de 17 largos años en la Dictadura del General Augusto Pinochet. El 5 de Octubre de 1988 el…