A Path to Border Diplomacy
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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The 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 morePakistani Envoy Underscores Nation’s Commitment to Peace
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With geopolitical tensions still high between Pakistan and its southern neighbor India, Islamabad’s ambassador to Mexico, Tasawar Khan, made a point of talking about his government’s unflinching commitment to peaceful coexistence with other nations and the use of diplomacy rather than aggression in resolving international conflicts when he offered his official national day speech at his embassy
Read moreDoubling Down on the Lethal Flow of Fentanyl
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE and DAVID M. LUNA (The following article first appeared in “The National Interest” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) As the United States debates “emergencies” at its southern border and negotiates a trade deal with China, U.S. leaders must confront the lethal trade in fentanyl from other North American countries
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 moreKazakh Envoy Touts Nation’s Accomplishments, Dodges Questions on Human Rights
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Kazakhstani Ambassador to Mexico Andrian Yelemessov has no great love for Human Right Watch (HRW), the New York-based NGO that has been defending refugees, migrants and political prisoners since 1978. “For me, that organization is bad,” Yelemessov told Pulse News Mexico during a press conference at his embassy on Wednesday, Feb. 20, to tout his government’s economic
Read moreIranian Envoy Uses National Day Platform to Bash US
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Echoing the tone of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech one day earlier in Tehran, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Taghi Hosseini took advantage of his national day reception on Tuesday, Feb. 12, to bask the United States and underscore his government’s unflinching commitment to the values of the now-40-year-old Islamic Revolution. “The 1979 Islamic Revolution marked a
Read moreColombian Ambassador Opens Art Exhibit at Presidente InterContinental
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Colombian Ambassador to Mexico Patricia Eugenia Cárdenas Santamaría, in cooperation with the La Cometa Gallery in Bogota, inaugurated an exhibit of contemporary art from that South American country in the lobby of the Presidente InterContinental Hotel in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Polanco on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The exhibit, titled “Tres Miradas del Arte Colombiano”
Read moreTrump’s Decision Creates Opportunity For Afghans, If They Can Seize It
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
Read moreMexico Holds Firm with Maduro
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The left-leaning government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office on Dec. 1, has made it clear that it will continue to support Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a statement issued by the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Mexican government stated: “In accordance
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