highways blocked, citizens shouting shame. this is the fierce opposition to what some are calling a coup d etat. prime minister netanyahu s plans to curtail the power of israel s judiciary. i will ask former prime minister erc ehud barack and zippy livni about what is happening on the ground and in the knesset. also china s new foreign minister said this week that there will surely be conflict and confrontation with the u.s. if the american government continues to speed down the wrong i ll dig in deep on the moods in both beijing and washington with kevin rud, the former prime minister of australia who is about to be sworn in as australia s new ambassador to the united states. also, should silicon valley s tech giants finally pay up for serving used content in they ve already squared off with australia over this and canada is next up, but it might be too little, too late in the age of a.i. i will explain. but first, here s my take. mexico could be entering a golde
almost exclusively with mexican trade last october beat out los angeles as the united states busiest sport. but these promising economic winds are being stifled by politics. for the last three decades mexico has had a run of presidents that while they ve had their flaws were serious about policy and tried to modernize the country with varying degrees of success. that luck has run out. mexico s president since 2018, manuel lopez obrador is a populist demagogue who regards the strong man tradition in latin america history. the covid policies were a disaster. mexico has had one of the highest covid case fatality ratios in the world. his economic policies have been anti-growth. by one estimate nearly 4 million meck c mexicans have slipped into