Manichaean uncivility in American politics.

An interesting thesis, specific to our politics, blames our political uncivility on partisan gerrymandering where the end result is that politicians choose their voters rather than voters choosing their representatives. Ultimately, the gerrymandering political mapping of demographic data contributes to an electoral situation where members of the other political party are viewed as enemies with whom it is unnecessary to work with to pass bipartisan legislation.

Maniqueísmo en la política norteamericana.

Una tesis atribuye nuestra falta de civilidad política a la manipulación partidista, donde el resultado es que los políticos eligen a sus votantes en lugar de que los votantes elijan a sus representantes. La manipulación de los datos demográficos en el mapa político, contribuye a una situación electoral en la que los miembros del otro partido político son vistos como enemigos innecesarios para aprobar legislaciones bipartidistas.

Foreign policy of Argentina and Mexico is functional to dictatorships.

Some of the important actions of Mexico’s Lopez Obrador and Argentina’s Fernandez/Kirchner’s foreign policy shift are; the open support to Cuba’s dictatorship, recognition of dictator Nicolas Maduro and disavowal of Juan Guaido, the systematic paralization of the Group from Lima, the covering up of Rafael Correa sought by Ecuadorean justice with a sentence of 8 years in jail and an order for his arrest, the protection given to Evo Morales after he resigned and the open support for him to regain power in Bolivia and install a false narrative distorting the facts.

Impunidad dictatorial e indefensión popular en Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela y Bolivia

Lo que está pasando en Nicaragua, ya ha pasado y también está sucediendo en Cuba, Venezuela y Bolivia. Es gravísimo, pero los dictadores se saben impunes porque se amparan en la fuerza, la violencia y el miedo contra los que la indefensión de los pueblos se demuestra con solidaridad internacional, declaraciones, censuras y algunas sanciones que los impunes no tardan en burlar o desactivar.

Joe Biden.

Como exiliado cubano me preocupaba que Joe Biden fuera a incurrir en la simplificación de aceptar sin más la política de Barack Obama sobre la Isla, como temían algunos de mis amigos, pero no ocurrió así. Biden ha continuado la correcta estrategia de Trump de apretarle las clavijas a la dictadura.

Latin America: Tale of two elections.

The lessons to be drawn from the outcome of these elections is that it is essential to break this the fateful and suicidal behavior of the non-modern sectors of Latin America’s population . This demands restoring hope in those citizens . They need to believe that everyone can achieve better levels of well-being. To do this, it is necessary to engage in wealth creation so as to grow their middle classes. Businessmen must stop extracting income and begin to create wealth.

Is there a right to democracy?

An annual report, country by country, which can show the different degrees of compliance and breach or violation of legal norms which are an international obligation in relation to democratic principles, would be an advance, a real progress which can help not only the people who suffer dictatorships but also could assist the cause of freedom where and when it is threatened.