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To Mexicans, US democracy is important. Now, Trump’s rhetoric is calling that into question.
From the very beginning of his presidential campaign more than a year ago, one of Donald Trump’s main platforms has been to build a wall at the Mexican border. This, coupled with negative rhetoric about the US’ southern neighbors, has provoked much concern in Mexico, writes Jesus Velasco. He writes that this feeling of besiegement by Mexicans which recalls past US interference in Mexican politics is made worse by the lack of a clear policy towards the US by the country’s Peña Nieto administration. While historically Mexicans have admired US culture and democracy, Trump’s rhetoric is now calling that into question
La Ciénaga de Chiconahuapan, Estado de México: un humedal en deterioro constante
Este trabajo intenta contribuir con la difusión de información acerca del humedal como un ecosistema de importancia biológica y humana en el mundo, y a partir de esta perspectiva observar la ciénaga de Chiconahuapan; así como identificar el estado que guarda en la actualidad, desde el punto de vista de su relación con la población humana asentada en sus márgene
The rise of Donald Trump shows the need for a deeper understanding of the US in Mexico and elsewhere.
Recent weeks have seen tensions between Mexico and the United States increase to a point not seen since the Mexican revolution. Jesus Velasco writes that these tensions mean that we should revisit the works of Mexican writer and diplomat, Octavio Paz, who argued that the main threat for America was its disavowal of the “other” which could lead to the election of an authoritarian demagogue. Now, he says, those in Mexico and elsewhere need to better understand the US and its full complexity in order to determine the best way to deal with Donald Trump and what he represents
AMLO’s attacks on Mexico’s higher education institutions may accelerate the country’s scholarly exodus to the US
In recent months the administration of Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has moved to reform the country’s higher education system by cutting funding and creating new ‘popular’ universities. Jesus Velasco argues that these reforms will cause long-term damage to the country’s future by reducing access to education for the underprivileged and further increasing the brain drain of scholars to the US
Trump’s meeting with Mexico’s AMLO this week shows just how alike both presidents are.
This week Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) visited Washington DC and met with President Trump. Jesus Velasco writes that despite criticisms of AMLO over his visit, the summit will be a win for the Mexican president, who is seeking international legitimacy at a time when Mexico faces multiple crises
Propuesta de metodología de diseño, observación y cálculo de redes topográficas para la construcción de túneles de gran longitud para ferrocarriles de alta velocidad
En los últimos años se han venido realizando proyectos de túneles de gran longitud para ferrocarriles de alta velocidad de gran importancia tanto en España como en el resto del Mundo, no existiendo una metodología que comprenda toda las actuaciones que hay que llevar a cabo dentro del campo de la geodesia y topografía a la hora de ejecutar un proyecto de esta envergadura. Existen además proyectos futuros en los que se tienen que construir túneles de gran longitud.
La finalidad de esta propuesta que se desarrolla es la de definir una metodología que satisfaga plenamente las necesidades topográficas y geodésicas para la realización de un proyecto de las características mencionadas en el párrafo anterior. Para ello se han revisado los conceptos geodésicos y topográficos así como la instrumentación requerida, métodos de observación, cálculos y análisis de resultados.
Se ha realizado un análisis de los sistemas geodésicos de referencia y su influencia en este tipo de proyectos. Además, se han efectuado estudios sobre la geometría y observación de las redes en el exterior e interior de los túneles, separando la determinación altimétrica de la planimétrica, todo ello a fin de obtener una metodología adecuada y optimizada.
Se ha elaborado un estudio sobre la influencia de los residuos de las transformaciones entre sistemas geodésicos de referencia en las redes observadas y compensadas.
Se han desarrollado simulaciones en función de distintas variables como pueden ser: tiempos de observación, longitudes de túneles, geometría de las redes e instrumental utilizado.
La validez de la propuesta es confirmada por los resultados obtenidos y de su análisis se deducen un conjunto de experiencias y recomendaciones que pueden ayudar a la toma de decisiones en materia de túneles para ferrocarriles de alta velocidad
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Theorizing the Language of Law
Attaching myself, then, to Giambattista Vico's idea of certainty (although not, of course, from his perspective) throughout this study I shall call "the space of certainty" the theoretical and conceptual construction (which is of both a philological and textual character) stipulated by the legislator in an attempt to control the distinct concepts related to the legal word, its institutional statute and its legal, moral, and cultural hermeneutics. I shall thus attempt to understand the meaning of this space of certainty, in what way it has been constructed, and how it affects legal, political, social, and cultural mechanisms
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Grammar and Conversion in the Early Iberian Empire
Grammar is art. Not an art. It is the art among all arts. As Martin Irvine demonstrated in his beautiful book of 1994, this claim is not very new -it is perhaps as old as grammar, and as old as the greek concept of τέχνη. But it is useful to delve into it a little bit more, in order to understand the concrete issue of what did grammar and language teaching mean in Late Medieval Castile and Early Modern Iberian Empire -Spain
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