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The Value of TRUTH a Third of the Way The value of TRUTH A third of the way MARCH 2021 THE VALUE OF TRUTH :: 1 https://www.elmundo.es/america/2013/01/08/mexico/1357679051html Is a non-profit, non governmental organization thats is structured by a Council built up of people with an outstanding track record, with high ethical and pro- fessional level, which have national and international recognition and with a firm commitment to democratic and freedom principles. The Council is structured with an Executive Committee, and Advisory Committee of Specialists and a Comunication Advisory Committee, and a Executive Director coordinates the operation of these three Committees. One of the main objectives is the collection of reliable and independent informa- tion on the key variables of our economic, political and sociocultural context in order to diagnose, with a good degree of certainty, the state where the country is located. Vital Signs intends to serve as a light to show the direction that Mexico is taking through the dissemination of quarterly reports, with a national and international scope, to alert society and the policy makers of the wide variety of problems that require special attention. Weak or absent pulse can have many causes and represents a medical emergency. The more frequent causes are the heart attack and the shock condition. Heart attack occurs when the heart stops beating. The shock condition occurs when the organism suffers a considerable deterioration, wich causes a weak pulse, fast heartbeat, shallow, breathing and loss of consciousness. It can be caused by different factors. Vital Signs weaken and you have to be constantly taking the pulse. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE María Amparo Casar Enrique Cárdenas* Julio Frenk María Elena Morera Valeria Moy Federico Reyes Heroles Jorge Suárez Vélez Duncan Wood Carlos Lascurain Executive Director and Prosecretary *President 2020-2023 ¶¶ ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIALISTS Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia Gonzalo Hernández Licona José Antonio Polo Oteyza José Ramón Cossío Alejandro Hope Alejandro Poiré Salomón Chertorivsky Carlos Hurtado Francisco Rivas Luis De la Calle María Eugenia Ibarrarán Hernán Sabau Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra Edna Jaime José Sarukhan Kermez Luis Foncerrada Pascal Carlos Mancera Sylvia Schmelkes Ricardo Fuentes Nieva Lorenza Martínez Trigueros Carlos Serrano H. Rogelio Gómez Hermosillo Lourdes Melgar Eduardo Sojo Luis Raúl González Pérez Alfonso Mendoza Francisco Suárez Dávila Eduardo González Pier Manuel Molano Miguel Székely Tonatiuh Guillén Lourdes Morales Graciela Teruel Carlos Heredia Jacqueline Pechard Luis Carlos Ugalde ¶¶ Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 9 THE HEALTH TRAGEDY OF THE PANDEMIC 63 THE COST OF THE PANDEMIC 65 THE ONE-MAN GOVERNMENT 19 THE COLLAPSE OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM 76 RULE BY DECREE 20 VACCINATION PROCESS 80 A WEAKENING OF THE INSTITUTIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES SYSTEM 23 THE COLLAPSE OF THE WELLBEING AND ECONOMY 85 FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN DANGER AND ATTACKS ON THE INAI 28 PRECARIOUS FINANCIAL BALANCE 86 THE JUNE 6 ELECTIONS IN QUESTION 32 ECONOMIC PARALYSIS, AN INDUCED COMA 89 IRREVERSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF MILITARIZATION 35 LABOR MARKET COLLAPSE AND THE HARDENING OF EXISTING IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS 40 GAPS 90 THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND IMPUNITY 43 FULL STOP, NO ACCESS TO A VENTILATOR 93 THE OTHER FACE OF THE CRISIS: WAGE INSTABILITY 94 OPEN-HEARTED PRIVATE CONSUMPTION 96 GOVERNANCE IN IMMINENT RISK 50 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FACING THE CRISIS, THE MAIN PUBLIC INSECURITY 51 SPECTATOR 100 CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE LONG LIVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S ECONOMY 105 GOVERNMENTS 59 THE SOCIAL AFTERMATH OF THE CRISIS 108 SELF-SUPPLY PERMITS 136 MASSIVE IMPOVERISHMENT 110 IMPACTS ON INVESTMENT 138 SOCIAL CRISIS: THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH 113 EDUCATION: THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF A GENERATION 115 DISPUTED RELATIONS AND BORDERS 140 THE INTERRUPTION OF EDUCATION 116 THE SEARCH FOR THE VACCINE 141 EDUCATION: THE EMERGENCY WITHOUT FUNDS 117 FIRST ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES 145 SOCIAL EMERGENCY: DISCRIMINATION AND VULNERABILITY 120 CONCLUSIONS 152 THE PRECARITY OF LIFE: THE INEXISTENCE OF A PREVENTION CULTURE 121 ANNEX 154 THE REALITY OF UNPROTECTED GROUPS AND OPPORTUNITY INEQUALITY 123 REFERENCES 189 ENERGY FOLLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE 125 ABANDONMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 126 ¶¶ ENERGY POLITICS. A BOTTOMLESS PIT 128 CFE, NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL 132 A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous. Alfred Adler Introduction Truth is one of the most important values in human Part of this strategy to move away from any timely relationships, and it is also, sadly, one of the most solution of problems is based on fragmenting or elim- denigrated, groped, and mistreated by the federal inating the truth and impinging citizen cooperation. government through Mexico’s president. More than Similarly, this formula implemented by the President two years after he started his administration and is complemented by the fomenting and devotion to with an approval rate close to 60%1, President López lies, half-truths, or the use of non-verifiable data, all Obrador continues to make decisions that increas- of which are concocted every morning at press con- ingly move Mexicans away from any possible and ferences that he dictates, directs and organizes. On tangible recovery concerning a whole range of prob- average, according to Spin Organization, the Presi- lems faced currently. With such a level of approval dent lies 80 times during each of his morning confer- from society, it is understood that the only truth that ences. In two years, López Obrador is about to dupli- can and should prevail in the country is that which cate the seemingly unattainable 23,000 lies that The the president dictates, provides, and places daily in Washington Post accounted for Trump throughout the media. his term. With a professional montage and an ade- quate battery of ad hoc questions, the country pre- 1 Available: https://tinyurl.com/SVintro60 THE VALUE OF TRUTH :: 9 pares itself every morning to hear the same script On average, according to Spin Organization, of falsehoods, half-truths, a combination of accusa- the President lies 80 times during each of his tions, unverifiable data, and disparaging comments against detractors, as well as the endless list of bro- morning conferences. ken promises. Vital Signals’ first report in 2021 presents a balance Behind all this montage, there is an unquestionable of how the country is doing more than two years after truth: the Mexican government has been unable to the federal administration began. An objective anal- give visible and tangible results in various issues that ysis of successes and failures is proposed. Unfortu- afflict Mexican society, starting with those that are di- nately, it seems loaded towards setbacks due to the rectly related to Covid-19. Some of the most notorious imposed reality beyond the effects of the pandem- are the mediocre management of the pandemic and ic. By opening this box of the federal government’s the significant shortage of medicines that have not unreached achievements and presenting it to soci- been supplied to patients with chronic health condi- ety with reliable facts and data, it will be possible to tions. Similarly, a myriad of issues that require imme- judge the way and the strategy with which the most diate attention and solution are found in the box of the important issues for the country’s population have unreached achievements of the federal government. been handled, trying to rescue part of the lost truth. Of the educational lag and the formula to improve mil- López Obrador’s government has been able to detect lions of children and young people’s education, abso- many of the illnesses that affect the country’s vital lutely nothing is mentioned. Added to this unreached signs. Despite the scientific, technological, and ad- achievements box is the unseemly contempt towards ministrative deficiencies in the government, it has women with different positions and remarks made by focused its priorities in the narrative on issues such the President, as well as the impoverished and lim- as poverty, human rights, economic growth, the fight ited Mexican standing to face global challenges in against corruption, improvement of health services, terms of energy or climate change or the closure of and many others. However, when defining lines of ac- hundreds of thousands of companies and the impov- tion, the government lacks policies that truly combat erishment of the population. THE VALUE OF TRUTH :: 10 or contain the problems holding back the country’s López Obrador’s government has been able to detect development. Although hardly detectable, some iso- many of the illnesses that affect the country’s vital lated achievements have been found that have pro- vided some benefit. An example is an increase in the signs. However, there is an unquestionable truth: the minimum wage, which despite being far from satis- Mexican government has been unable to give visible factory, is an adjustment that reduces the gap and and tangible results. encourages it to increase later. Similarly, the activation and implementation of the ual rights. In two years, this form of government is USMCA has allowed Mexico to maintain its commer- increasingly seen as that of a single man who makes cial hopes with at least its two neighbors in North decisions unilaterally without asking anyone for per- America. One more achievement is the tangential mission. result of some social programs implemented by 4T One of the main indicators that the government (Spanish acronym for “Fourth Transformation”) in moves around the unique vision of the President is which economic support and some types of scholar- the frequency with which it has resorted to issuing ships to different segments of the population have decrees. This indicator makes it possible to imple- made it possible to avoid further economic collapse ment its government program expeditiously, often il- during the pandemic.
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