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U.S. Lawmakers Attempt to Pause Mexico’s Electricity Reform

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By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Nov. 3, a number of U.S. congressmen protested against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform in a letter to U.S. government officials, saying that the proposal would violate international treaties like the United States–Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and is discriminatory against both private investment initiatives and cleanly sourced energy. U.S. Republican members

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New Security Pact about Drugs and Arms, Not Migrants

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue in Mexico City on Friday, Oct. 8, the two governments agreed to jointly address a series of pressing bilateral issues, drug smuggling, human trafficking and illegal weapons transports, while generally ignoring the elephant in the room — the growing migrant problem along the shared border. Instead of touching on the politically

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Mexico to Press US for Investment Measures during Security Talks

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday, Oct. 7, said that his administration will continue to pressure the United States to increase investment in southern Mexican and Central American countries during the upcoming bilateral high-level security meetings. The first U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue is set to take place in Mexico City on Friday,

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Speaking at UN, Ebrard ‘Demands’ that US End Cuba Embargo

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in representation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on Thursday, Sept. 23, once again demanded that the United States end its 59-year economic embargo against Cuba. “In the face of the current severe global economic and health crisis, it is

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Former US Diplomats, Military Call for Support of Afghan Allies

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A group of 95 former senior U.S. diplomats and military officers presented letters to leading members of President Joe Biden’s cabinet on Monday, May 10, calling for the administration to do more to provide visas to Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the United States’ longest war. The letters were addressed to U.S. Secretary of State

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