4 virtudes para gobernar

Martín Ríos Saloma. La España de Carlos I. CEHM. 2016.

Las cuatro virtudes cardinales:

1. Fortaleza
2. Justicia
3. Templanza
4. Prudencia

Simple rules to keep yourself in loneliness and isolation

Grim prayers. 2026.

1. Move your body. I tell that to all my young associates, and it is the simplest rule to follow. Your body is made for action, so give it some.
2. Use your mind. Now that your body is active, and your mind is calm, focus it, and think. Contemplate on your mission, droog, on what you will do after you get out. Play chess in your head or pretend to write stories and letters.
3. Know yourself. Sometimes to know who you are, you must know who you are not, and by defining your enemies, you come to understand your values.
4. Rein in your emotions. Look at the feelings, observe them, learn from them. When you master your emotions, you won’t be afraid of solitude ever again. Breathwork can be helpful.
5. Keep faith. It is a well-established phenomenon that people with faith often survive, heal faster, and overcome more than those who believe in nothing. Believe in something. Find a meaning and hold on to it.
6. Think about your death. Consider your own mortality, and make it fuel your willpower.

Pagano, infiel o hereje

Martín Ríos Saloma. La España de Carlos I. CEHM. 2016.

1. Pagano. Aquel que no conoce el nombre de Cristo.
2. Infiel. Aquel que conociendo el nombre de Cristo, no quiere creer.
3. Hereje. Aquel cristiano bautizado que no sigue la liturgia, doctrina o disciplina de Roma.

How you grow

Grim Prayers. Wiktor Miesok, Felix Charin. 2026.

1. Breaking is part of becoming. Boys do not become men without something dying. An old identity must crack before a stronger one forms. If you fight the break, you stay small.
2. Pain calls for meaning. I saw this in prison and in freedom. Pain plus meaning equals depth. Pain minus meaning is bitterness. If you ask, “Why did this happen to me?” you shrink. If you ask, “What is this teaching me?” you grow.
3. Accept new identities without losing yourself. Own your transformation. Boys become men through rites of passage. Those who say, “I am who I am, I won’t change,” will not grow. I went from a soldier to a vor, from a vor to an entrepreneur, and from a prisoner to a free man. Identity is not a prison unless you refuse to outgrow it.
4. Pride stunt your growth. Men who were strong, who grew, were not alone. They spoke about pain without drowning in it, and they allowed support. The ones who said, “I need no one,” who saw vulnerability only as weakness, who refused a helping hand—they broke even more, year by year. They either turned inward, becoming subdued and depressed, or lashed out, hurting anyone who crossed their path. Pride lies, telling you that you are stronger than you really are. Growth begins when pride cracks.
5. Do not hide your scars, especially from yourself. Kintsugi does not conceal the fracture. It highlights it. Your scars are not shame. They are proof of survival and a rebirth. Face your shadows. Inside you there is anger, fear, envy, weakness. If you pretend it is not there, it controls you. Look at it. Name it. Discipline it. After all that I lived through, I realized that I did not chose what happened to me. But I choose who I would become.

International Organization of Securities Commissions

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is the global standard setter for the securities sector. Currently, it has more than 230 members. IOSCO’s Objectives set out 38 Principles of securities regulation:

• Protect investors
• Ensure market fairness, transparency and efficiency
• Reduce systemic risk

How to deal with loss

Grim Prayers. Wiktor Miesok, Felix Charin. 2026.

1. Keep tight in public. Easier said than done but keep your grief private. Don't fall apart in public. If you collapse in front of people, you invite predators, and you also weaken the ones who depend on you. Be their pillar to lean on.
2. Accept that the world moves on. The sun will rise tomorrow whether you are ready or not. Life continues, problems multiply, and your enemies move. So, you move too, even if your chest feels like it’s full of stones.
3. Don’t romanticize the dead. They weren’t saints. None of us are. Honor who they really were, the good and the ugly, because truth is the only respect that lasts.
4. Use the past as fuel, but don’t live in the past. Remembrance is useful, it can push you forward. But if you crawl inside it and live there, then instead of honoring the dead you’re hiding from life. Make memories into a tool to inspire you, not into a home to hide in.
5. Carry on. Finish the mission you had together. That is loyalty: family, work, a promise, even a simple way of living. When you complete what the two of you began, grief turns into duty, and you find peace in your soul.
6. Keep moving. If you fell, rise and continue walking. One step at a time. Move forward, every fucking day.

International Association of Insurance Supervisors

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is the international standard setter for the supervision of the insurance sector. It comprises insurance supervisors and regulators from more than 200 jurisdictions. The IAIS Insurance Core Principles (ICP) seek to encourage high standards in member jurisdictions:

1. Supervisory principles
2. Market principles
3. Infrastructure principles

From an AML/CFT perspective, principle 22 is the most important, it requires the supervisor to take effective measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and also requires insurers to have appropriate risk-based policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, and report.

Recomendaciones de Reverte

Arturo Pérez Reverte en Wild Project. 2025.

• Alatriste. 2006.
• Fauda. 2015.
• As bestas. 2022.
• La suerte. 2025.

29 Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is the global standard setter for the regulation of banks. It has 45 members from 28 jurisdictions, consisting of central banks and authorities with formal responsibility for the supervision of banking business. 

The BCBS has issued the 29 Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision which are a set of high-level supervisory standards that guide the supervision of banks and banking systems:

• Principles 01 to 13 focus on the powers, responsibilities and functions of supervisors;
• Principles 14 to 29 focus on prudential regulations and requirements for banks.

These 29 principles also have:

• Essential criteria: minimum baseline requirements for sound supervisory practices.
• Additional criteria: suggested best practices that countries should aim for.

From an AML/CFT perspective, principle 29 is the most important:

• Abuse of financial services. The supervigor determines that banks have adequate policies and processes, including strict customer due diligence (CDD) rules to promote high ethical and professional standards in the financial sector and prevent the bank from being used, intentionally or unintentionally, for criminal activities.

5 funciones inherentes al estado

Martín Ríos Saloma. La España de Carlos I. CEHM. 2016.

1. Gobierno (Normativa y legislativa).
2. Justicia (Judicial).
3. Fiscalidad (Control).
4. Defensa (Seguridad y orden público).
5. Administración (Gestión pública).

AML/CFT teams

AML/CFT teams should possess a range of expertise to effectively carry out their supervisory responsibilities:

1. Legal Expertise. AML/CFT supervisors should have a solid understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks related to AML/CFT, including domestic laws and regulations, international standards, and best practices.
2. AML/CFT Knowledge. AML/CFT supervisors should have knowledge and insight in areas such as ML/TF/PF risks and typologies, risk assessment methodologies, and the design and effectiveness of AML/CFT controls.
3. Financial Sector Knowledge. AML/CFT supervisors should have a good understanding of the financial sectors they are supervising, including the types of financial products and services offered, the customers served, and the risks associated with different business models.
4. Communication Skills. AML/CFT supervisors should be able to communicate effectively with regulated institutions, other regulatory and law enforcement agencies, and other stakeholders. This includes the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely, and to engage in constructive dialogue with supervised institutions to promote compliance with AML/CFT requirements.
5. IT Skills. AML/CFT supervisors should have a good understanding of IT systems and tools used by regulated institutions to manage risks, and should be able to use these tools effectively in their supervisory work.

AML/CFT/PF

AML (Anti-Money Laundering)

Detects and prevents efforts to make illegally obtained funds appear legitimate.

CFT (Combating the Financing of Terrorism)

Targets the funding of terrorist acts and organizations.

PF (Proliferation Financing)

Aims to prevent the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

4 lecciones empresariales de Manuel Arango

1. Aprender del fracaso. Cuando lanzaron Bodega Aurrera, los hermanos no estaban convencidos de la idea, pero tomaron el riesgo, se enfocaron en la innovación y la idea revolucionó el retail: “No se puede emprender nada con la seguridad o la certeza de que va a tener éxito”. En este sentido, comenzar un proyecto es un reto, en el que no se sabe con certeza que va a pasar, pero al final deja un aprendizaje. Manuel Arango explica que al escalar profesionalmente, en ocasiones no nos damos cuenta cuando se llega a la cumbre, pero al volver atrás, vemos el camino lleno de conocimientos, fracasos y logros.
2. No dejar de innovar. La innovación se maneja en diferentes grados, debido a que por un lado, se puede tomar algo que ya existe y darle un nuevo enfoque o por el otro lado, partir desde cero y crear algo nuevo: “Innovar es parte de mi ser. Si se me ocurre hacer un libro, pero aunque hay muchos, voy a buscar algo en la esencia de ese libro que sea diferente”. Sigan sus pasiones, busquen un buen enfoque y comiencen a trabajarlo.
3. Participar en organizaciones sin fines de lucro. El empresario también se destaca por su gusto por la filantropía, en la que menciona que ha conocido a empresarios, el cual le permitió conocer la diversidad que hay en el mundo como sectores a los que no había incursionado. Al ampliar sus conocimientos, el empresario amplía sus conocimientos: "La imagen de una persona es complementar su trabajo con el de la gente que se esfuerza intensamente, que son creativos pero sin fines de lucro”.
4. Elegir un buen socio. A pesar del triunfo de los tres hermanos al fundar Bodega Aurrera, tomaron caminos diferentes en una edad temprana, por lo que buscar socios es un reto, mismo en el que influyen los valores. De manera que, antes de asociarse con alguien, es importante saber si hay una similitud con esa persona, es decir, si comparten valores: “Yo no me podría asociar con alguien que toca a la puerta y me ofrece algo, lo pensaría. porque me gustaría asociarme con personas con las que pueda convivir, ser parte más allá del negocio, que pueda ir a comer a su casa, con gente con la que te identificas”.

El mundo de Carlos V. De la España Medieval al Siglo de Oro

Lugar: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso.

Periodo México, 3 de noviembre 2000 - 25 de febrero 2001.

Personalidades: Inaugurada por la Reina Sofía y Ernesto Zedillo.

Acervo: Más de 200 piezas.

Curador: Isidro Bango.

Valor del seguro: 90 MD.

Módulos:

1. El rey nuestro señor.
2. El ambiente regio.
3. Nobles y señores.
4. Fiesta y espectáculo.
5. Fe y devoción.
6. Una imagen para la eternidad.
7. Paradigmas del arte español.
8. Literatura, música y ciencia.
9. La imagen de América.

Piezas destacadas:

• Una primera impresión del Lazarillo de Tormes.
• Uno de los dos ejemplares que quedan del Catecismo para los indios, de fray Pedro de Gante.
• Edición de El Quijote, de 1605.
• Tapiz de Willen de Pannemaker.
• Primer retrato de Carlos V, por el maestro de la Magdalena, 1515-1517.
• Santa Teresa de Jesús, Quevedo y Góngora, de Diego Velázquez.
• Busto del cardenal Cisneros, en alabastro, de Felipe Bigarny.

Alas en el EdoMex

Desde 2013 fueron ubicados en la Plaza Estado de México, de Cuautitlán Izcalli, 13 vehículos militares provenienes de la base de Santa Lucía. 

• Un Lockckheed T-33 shooting star, con una longitud de 11.2 metros, una envergadura de 11.5 metros y una altura de 3.3 metros.
• Un helicóptero MIL-MI-8T, con capacidad para 22 pasajeros.
• Una avioneta Sterman PT-17 Kaydett, con una longitud de 7.62 metros, 9.80 metros de envergadura y 2.79 metros de altura.
• Dos vehículos DN-VI ocelote ambulancia, con espacio para 13 personas y un peso de más de seis toneladas.
• Dos automóviles M8-Greyhound para cuatro tripulantes cada uno.
• Tres vehículos blindados Chrysler MAC-1, cada uno con capacidad para siete personas.
• Tres transportes Mowag Roland, con longitud de 4.44 metros, capacidad para seis tripulantes y un peso superior a cuatro toneladas.