USMCA Shifts into High Gear
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, 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 moreOnly 37 Percent of Mexicans Trust News Reports
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Only 37 percent of Mexicans believe what they read in newspapers or hear on broadcast news programs, according to the 2021 edition of the Reuters Institute Digital News Report. According to the report, which was published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford in England on Wednesday, June 22, while
Read moreTexas Governor Will Build Border Wall
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday, June 16, that his state will build a border wall along the state’s boundary with Mexico. Speaking during a press conference in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, Abbott said he would discuss the plan in great detail next week, but said that his government has been
Read moreWhat Now to Avoid Disaster in Afghanistan?
Five former U.S. ambassadors offer advise on what to do next
Read moreNew Report Says AMLO Lies 80 Times Per Day in Press Conferences
By KELIN DILLON According to an independent study from activist organization Vital Signs: The Pulse of México, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) lies, delivers inaccurate data or relays false information on an average of 80 times a day during his daily morning press conferences. The report, titled “The Value of the Truth: One-Third of the Six-Year Term,” was
Read moreThe View from the North: When You Lose the Dallas Morning News…
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. The Dallas Morning News once supported Republicans, like Governor Mitt Romney in 2002, and, of course, President George W. Bush, President George Bush and President Ronald Reagan. But in 2016, it went for Hillary Clinton, and then in 2018 for Beto O’Rourke. On Wednesday, March 24, its editorial page addressed the border issue this way: “President
Read moreThe View from the North: Jacobson Helps to Stir the Pot
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden sent Roberta Jacobson, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and now-Biden “border czar,” to Mexico on Tuesday, March 23. I guess that the delegation’s main topic of discussion was the current border “challenge.” Remember how well Roberta’s last big venture turned out? She negotiated the reopening of diplomatic relations with Cuba. We remember
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO Roberta’s Back In May 2018, then-outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson made a prediction, saying that she was not saying goodbye but rather “so long.” On Tuesday, March 23, Jacobson kept her promise and returned to Mexico, this time as U.S. President Joe Biden’s southern border affairs representative. Jacobson led a committee of U.S. officials in
Read moreNorth America’s (Virtual) New Era
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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