Sergio Aguayo
Sergio Aguayo
Sergio Aguayo Quezadais a Mexican academic and human rights activist. He has been a professor and researcher for El Colegio de México since 1977, visiting professor at Harvard University since 2015 and a member of the Mexican Researchers National System...
accept candidates clear far losers question
You have clear alternatives. This is new. The question is how far will the candidates go to win, and will the losers accept the results?
democracy electoral expected positive
We expected that with electoral democracy there would be a trickle down of positive effects. That did not happen.
I've never experienced something like that in the past,
attitude mexicans presidency
Most Mexicans think he is well-intentioned. It's not that this presidency has been bad; it's been very mediocre, frivolous. Many Mexicans' attitude is one of resignation.
depth difficult doubts express mexicans mexico nobody numbers sympathy taken
Mexico was taken by surprise. Nobody anticipated the depth and numbers of the demonstrations. There were many doubts on how to react. . . . It's been difficult for Mexicans to express sympathy and solidarity.
democracy fox possible sudden total
Fox has been a disappointment. He has not been a total failure. But all of a sudden we find that some of the instruments that make democracy possible are not working.
bad both built helped presidency realize transition voted
We voted for a statesman, and we got a manager, and not a bad manager. He has, at the same time, both built and torpedoed democracy. The weakening of the presidency has helped the transition because it made us realize that other (government) institutions didn't work.
impact size surprise taken
I think all of us were taken by surprise by the size and impact of the marches.
game kicking knew might problem wind
I knew I was going to make the kick, ... Kicking into the wind might have been a problem during warm-ups, but during the game you put it out of your mind.
came enjoy football
He came up to me and said, 'This is what football is all about, so enjoy it,'