Mexico’s Empty Chair: Trump, the Narco and the Return of Hemispheric Intervention
When Mexico does not take its seat, others begin redesigning the continent. It was not a protocol mishap. Nor was it a minor omission. What…
Mario López Ayala, PhD, is a Mexican university professor, researcher, and director of Phoenix24. His work focuses on human-centered artificial intelligence, organizational trust, and socio-technical systems, examining how artificial intelligence reshapes power, cognition, institutions, and geopolitics. As an analytical columnist, he specializes in AI governance, cognitive warfare, digital transformation, and geopolitical change.
When Mexico does not take its seat, others begin redesigning the continent. It was not a protocol mishap. Nor was it a minor omission. What…
Cuando México no ocupa su silla, otros rediseñan el continente. No fue un accidente protocolario. Tampoco una omisión menor. Lo que ocurrió en Florida el…
When organized crime stops inhabiting the margins, the state begins to yield from within. Mexico is no longer confronting cartels alone. It is confronting a…
La caída de un capo no desactiva el sistema: a veces lo vuelve más peligroso. México ya no enfrenta solo cárteles. Enfrenta una forma mutada…
When fear becomes strategy, the State enters an examination. Mexico City, February 2026. The death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, did not trigger a simple…
Cuando el miedo se vuelve estrategia, el Estado entra a examen. Ciudad de México, febrero de 2026. La muerte de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, no…
Criminal succession does not happen in the mountains. It happens inside the institutions that fear has already taught how to govern. Tapalpa, February 2026, is…
La sucesión criminal no ocurre en la sierra: ocurre dentro de las instituciones que el miedo ya aprendió a gobernar. Tapalpa, febrero de 2026, no…
The point is not who falls. The point is what remains intact after the fall. Mexico City, February 2026. In Mexico, politics has become an…
El punto no es quién cae. Es qué queda intacto después de la caída. Ciudad de México, febrero de 2026. En México, la política se…