A Pressing Agenda for AMLO and Biden
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Indonesian Envoy’s Wife Hosts Lavish Traditional Luncheon
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Santi Triprakoso Wartono, wife of Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Cheppy Triprakoso Wartono, hosted a lavish sit-down farewell luncheon for departing colleague Jennifer Treptow, wife of U.S. Embassy Department of Justice Attaché Walter Treptow, at the embassy’s offices on Friday, July 8. The Treptows, who has been in Mexico for three years, are being transferred back to their
Read moreThe USMCA and Pacta Sunt Servanda
OPINION By ANTONIO ORTIZ-MENA Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* It is striking that, more than a quarter century after the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) entry into force, it is still necessary to provide a business case for deeper North American cooperation on economics and beyond, but that is where we are. After the 1989 Canada-U.S.
Read moreUS Reportedly Losing Faith in Ambassador to Mexico Salazar
By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, July 5, an editorial by the New York Times’ Natalie Kitroeff and Maria Abi-Habib revealed that the United States has purportedly lost faith in its appointed ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, and reportedly believes that the diplomat has exhibited a repeated pattern of favoring Mexico and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) policies over
Read moreMaking North America a Clean Energy Leader
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
Read moreMexican Socialite Hosts Lavish Birthday Bash
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mayiya Rigail de McGuiness, prominent Mexico City socialite and wife of Honorary Consul of Pakistan in Mexico Mark McGuiness, offered a lavish sit-down luncheon for more than 80 of her closest friends and associates at the exclusive University Club on Wednesday, June 29. The meal, which served as an early birthday party for Rigail de McGuiness (her
Read moreBuilding North America through Digital Commerce
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
Read moreSustainability Is Key to North America’s Near-Shoring Potential
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
Read moreEmbassies Express Support for Mexico City’s LGBTQ+ Pride March
PULSE NEWS MEXICO A group of 13 foreign embassies and international organizations representations accredited in Mexico on Thursday, June 23, expressed their support for Mexico City’s upcoming 44th LGBTQ+ Pride March and the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer people in Mexico and around the globe. In a written statement, the embassies said that they “reaffirmed the
Read moreDiplomatic Garage Sale Is Roaring Success
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Neither sleet, nor rain, nor gloom of night … okay, there wasn’t any sleet or gloom of night, but stormy skies and intermittent rain didn’t put a damper on Mexico’s Diplomatic Wives Association’s (ACD) first-ever haute couture garage sale on Wednesday, June 22. In fact, the response was so great that by the end of the second
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