''Nexos'' is a
cultural
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and
political
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magazine
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in based in Mexico City,
Mexico
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.
History and profile
''Nexos'' was founded in 1978.
The founders were a group of Intellectuals headed by
Héctor Aguilar Camín
Héctor Aguilar Camín (born July 9, 1946) is a Mexican writer, journalist, and historian, director of ''Nexos'' magazine. ''Nexos'' was fined and banned for two years (2020-2022) from contracts with the Mexican Government (which had provided the ...
. The magazine modeled on the ''
New York Review of Books
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''.
Since the establishment of the magazine a number of leading intellectuals among its writers and contributors, such as
José Woldenberg
Isaac José Woldenberg Karakowski (born 8 September 1952) is a Mexican political scientist and sociologist who served as the first president of the Federal Electoral Institute and currently works as director of ''Nexos'' magazine.
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and
Wendy Guerra
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have edited it. The magazine is published on a monthly basis.
The magazine has socialist political views,
and is a representative of the left-wing cultural and literary establishments in the country. It supported militant actions to offer social justice and equality to the poor in the 1980s.
However, since the leftist government of
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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took office in 2018 in Mexico, the director of Nexos,
Hector Aguilar Camín, has created an alliance with right-wing political forces against López Obrador.
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