The Sizzling Events of the Dog Days of Summer
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Militarization of Mexico’s Borders up 275 Percent
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In the nearly six months since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, Mexico has increased its military presence along its northern and southern borders by 275 percent, the highest level ever, according to government sources. According to a report by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), a combination of 27,572 soldiers, sailors and national
Read moreFormer US Envoy Says Migration Crisis Driven by Lax Labor Rules
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The real root of the surging migrant problem along the U.S.-Mexico border is unscrupulous employers who are exploiting both lax immigration laws and undocumented workers, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau said late last week. No one is holding American employers to account for their willingness to hire millions of unauthorized immigrants,” Landau said in an
Read moreNorth America’s (Virtual) New Era
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreBorder Crossings Expected to Reach 20-Year High
XINHUA The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement Tuesday, March 16, that the number of immigrants attempting to enter the United States through its southern border is expected to reach the highest level in two decades. The statement came amid a recent surge in unaccompanied migrant children making the trip with the aim of reuniting with
Read moreThe View from the North: Chaos at the Border
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. It was refreshing to hear Texas Governor Greg Abbott of Texas challenge the chaos (and lawlessness) at the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend. The situation has gone way beyond a debate over unaccompanied kids on the border. It is now about encouraging criminal elements in Mexico to come north, as the governor said in an interview
Read moreThe View from the North: The Border Tests Positive
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. As the United States is finally beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of novel coronavirus infections, we are reminded how grave the covid-19 situation remains in Mexico, where infections and the death toll continues to rise. (As of Thursday, March 4, there were more than 2.1 million officially confirmed
Read moreA Better Way Forward for Mexico
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A Divided Women’s Movement On the eve of Mexico’s March 9 feminist work stoppage by all the women who want to participate, the cadre of invisible “collectives” have been joined by an apparent “fifth column,” the anti-abortionists, who now claim that this movement “underrates” women. (In military terminology, a fifth column is an infiltration of enemy troops
Read moreTime for Cooperation, Not Coercion
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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