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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 moreMexico Pulls Out Ace in Negotiations with Washington
By RICARDO CASTILLO It may not be all that much in the way of meeting U.S. President Donald Trump’s expectations for the Mexican government to put a halt to the swelling human tide of immigrants bellowing in hunger and poverty north from Central America through Mexico to the United States, but it does represents a first solid step in an
Read moreA Tariff Gone Too Far
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreA Path to Border Diplomacy
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreThe Best Hope for Slowing Central American Migration
By RICARDO CASTILLO Wherefore art thou, Donald Trump? In reelection limbo, it seems. Over the past two days, the president of the United States has been directing his same old capricious criticism at Mexico, alleging that the United States’ southern neighbor “is doing nothing” to stop the now very dangerous northern flow of desperate migrants from Central American countries. And
Read moreSupporting Prosperity by Approving the New USMCA
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreJustice and Mercy in the Migration Debate
By MATT SEDDON As I began finalizing preparations for Holy Week in the church I serve, Denis Hernández Barona crucified himself. The Cuban immigrant chained himself to a cross on the Mexican border with Guatemala to protest against a recent wave of deportations of Cuban migrants. The story caught my eye as I readied my church to remember Jesus carrying
Read moreMessage to Trump: Don’t Mix Migration and Trade
By RICARDO CASTILLO An event that went almost unnoticed in the Mexican media on Thursday, April 4, was the meeting between World Trade Organization (WTO) director general Roberto Azevêdo and Mexican Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez Colín. The main reason why this meeting was not given the press coverage that it should have been afforded was because it was overshadowed by the
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