Time for Cooperation, Not Coercion
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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The Guatemalan Border is Secured
By RICARDO CASTILLO Timing is a must in politics, and timing is what we’ve got as now incumbent candidate Donald Trump launched his bid for reelection to the presidency of the United States on Tuesday, June 18. Trump pulled recently what probably constituted his most dangerous threat, worse than going against nuclear Iran, on Mexico. He threatened to increase import
Read moreIs Trump the Source of the Migration Crisis?
By RICARDO CASTILLO I stand my ground on being an honest journalist, but sometimes I can’t see an international problem developing without thinking who could this benefit? In this case, I am referring to something like the massive Central American migration we have witnessed over the past year? The only answer became evident some 10 days ago: U.S.
Read moreA Path to Border Diplomacy
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreFight Cross-Border Crime with Cooperation, Not Threats
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreDevelop the Isthmus? Not Again
By RICARDO CASTILLO What’s new in Mexican news? Most definitely not President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) “new” program that he touted over the weekend of April 27 and 28 as the “Development Curtain” to be built along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec – the narrowest land space in southeastern Mexico, between the Pacific and the Atlantic. This same project has
Read moreAMLO Meets with Jared Kushner to Discuss Bilateral Investment with US
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner to discuss the possible signing of a bilateral accord to invest $10 billion in southern Mexico and Central America, AMLO said Wednesday, March 20, during his daily morning press conference. The president said that meeting
Read moreAMLO’s Stance on Venezuela: Yes to Mediation, No to Intervention
By RICARDO CASTILLO As the internal conflict inside Venezuela grows on a daily basis, the numbers of voices in Mexico pleading with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to declare himself in support of the cause of the now-enormous number of nations (and columnists in Mexico) favoring self-appointed “substitute President” Juan Guaidó over ruling President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, Feb.
Read moreThree Real Emergencies the US Must Address on its Southern Border
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following article first appeared in the U.S. political website “The Hill” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) The negotiations in Washington over security at the U.S. southern border should focus on three of the real emergencies that are causing widespread human suffering and exacting high costs in both the United States and Mexico: illegal drug trafficking
Read moreWhat You Need to Know About Migrants, Caravans and Mexico
By JUSTIN QUINN Special to Pulse News Mexico By now, you have probably heard the arguments on both the contentious debates over what is driving the phenomenon of migrant caravans from Central America to Mexico and the United States. And you still not be clear on what it is that’s causing these migrants to undertake such an arduous journey, often
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