OPINION By GOLDY HYDER Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Just like the covid-19 virus, the devastating effects of climate change know no borders. Flooding, forest fires and other extreme weather-related natural disasters are now regularly wreaking havoc on communities across North America. The costs of these catastrophes are measured not only in dollars and pesos, but in
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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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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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OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. A couple of nights ago, I got a taste of what politics in Colombia is all about these days. A 40-something Colombian lady in my class said she was worried about her country going to the left. Another young woman from Colombia had a smile on her face that reminded me of the Barack
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OPINION By COLIN ROBERTSON Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Like globalization and the rules-based multilateral order, the North American idea risks falling victim to larger geopolitical forces. But even in the absence of energetic political leadership, we can still make progress, by building on existing initiatives, to the mutual benefit of all three nations, Canada, the
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO U.S. Special Envoy for the Climate Change John Kerry on Tuesday, June 14, called on the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to open the country to private investment in the energy sector. Kerry, who met with AMLO at the National Palace on Tuesday, said that the Joe Biden administration has been working through U.S.
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) claimed on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 5, that his phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier in the day had been all smooth sailing, with Trudeau showing no opposition to his proposed electricity reform, the Canadian leader presented a very different interpretation of
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