By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what constituted his third visit in the last five months, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry flew to Mexico on Thursday, March 31, to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the issue of his proposed electricity reform bill. Kerry, who, along with a delegation of nine U.S.
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and
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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 THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After arriving hours earlier in New York City to a mixed crowd of avid supporters and equally-avid opponents, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, Nov. 10, made a beeline straight to the UN Headquarters at United Nations Plaza to lecture the General Assembly on the evils of corruption, which he has repeatedly called “the
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By KELIN DILLON Five years after Mexico entered the international Paris Agreement, which seeks to counteract climate changes and reduce countries’ environmental impact, with 195 other nations from around the world, Mexico has faltered in its own promised participation, continuing to favor fossil fuels over clean energy and following other environmentally unfriendly policies. While the Paris Agreement sought to generate
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) received U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Climate John Kerry in the southern state of Chiapas on Monday, Oct. 18, López Obrador was hoping that it was a sign that President Joe Biden was going to give the go-ahead for the United States to finance his ambitious Sembrando Vida
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico now ranks in first place among Latin American countries when it comes to air pollution caused by electricity generation, according to Cepalstat, a data and statistics platform of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Mexico emissions from electricity are 2.2 times higher than those of Brazil, three times those of
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By KELIN DILLON A report by Bank of America (BoA) has revealed that environmental accidents committed by Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) have only increased under the administration of current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). “Areas of concern include 16 major refinery accidents since AMLO took office,” read the U.S. bank’s report, also highlighting the disastrous ocean
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