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Building a Competitive North America on the Existing Foundation

OPINION By JERRY HAAR Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The second decade of the 21st century increasingly mirrors the world’s political and economic environment of a century before when nationalism, protectionism and isolationism occupied center stage in the global political economy. The key drivers of economic growth and development — neoliberal economic policies and free market-oriented institutional

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Egyptian Envoy Marks Anniversary of Nation’s Birth as a Republic

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Egyptian Ambassador to Mexico Klaled Abdelrahaman Abdellatif Shamaa and his wife Radwa Abd el Aziz hosted a diplomatic reception at their Bosques de Chapultepec residence on Tuesday, July 19, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1952 military coup that led to the end of the Egyptian monarchy and the birth of the modern republic. In a brief

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US Reportedly Losing Faith in Ambassador to Mexico Salazar

By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, July 5, an editorial by the New York Times’ Natalie Kitroeff and Maria Abi-Habib revealed that the United States has purportedly lost faith in its appointed ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, and reportedly believes that the diplomat has exhibited a repeated pattern of favoring Mexico and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) policies over

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Building North America through Digital Commerce

OPINION By IÑIGO FERNÁNDEZ BAPTISTA Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* In 2006 — more than 16 years ago — in the midst of the bird flu, Jeffrey Staples published an article in Harvard Business Review stating that a pandemic could become the single greatest threat to business continuity. That prediction took solid form with the covid-19 pandemic

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Sustainability Is Key to North America’s Near-Shoring Potential

OPINION By CARLOS PASCUAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* General Motors stated in November 2021, just seven months after announcing plans to invest $1 billion in electric vehicle production in Mexico, that “Mexico won’t be a destination for foreign investment” unless it provides a solid legal basis to “meet our objective of having zero emissions in the

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Azerbaijani Embassy Remembers Khojaly Massacre Victims

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Members of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Mexico and representatives of Mexico’s Federal Chamber of Deputies paid tribute on Tuesday, Feb. 22, to the hundreds of victims of the Khojaly Massacre, one of the most gruesome and tragic acts of genocide in recent global history. The solemn ceremony, which took place in front of the Khojaly Monument in

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Salazar Contradicts Biden Administration on Mexico’s Electricity Reform

By KELIN DILLON Days after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar publicly stated on Thursday, Feb. 3, that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “is right” about Mexico’s energy sector requiring reforms, the Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady published a column calling for Salazar’s removal from his post, claiming his vocal contradiction of  President Joe Biden’s policies are worthy

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Biden to Name Salazar as Ambassador to Mexico

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate former Secretary of the Interior and Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as ambassador to Mexico, the White House announced Tuesday, June 15. Salazar’s nomination comes at a time when the Biden administration is struggling with a surging influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico board, as well as bilateral disagreements

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Delfina Gómez Assumes Head of SEP

By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) formalized his nomination of Delfina Gómez Álvarez as the new head of the Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) on the morning of Monday, Feb. 15. Gómez replaces Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, who is anticipated to be ratified by the Senate Tuesday, Feb. 16, as Mexico’s newest ambassador to the United

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