Afghanistan: Where Do We Go from Here?
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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AMLO’s Economic Thimblerig
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In yet another of his baffling political sleights of hand, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, July 31, somehow managed to convince his adoring hordes of blind followers that a 0.1 percent growth rate for the second quarter of 2019 – which, in fact, confirmed that the country is in a state of economic
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Two former U.S. ambassadors speak out
Read moreUrzúa Resigns as Head of Finance Head, Herrera Pinch Hits
By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a political rock rattle and roll in the Mexican government Tuesday, July 9, when, over the course of just one hour one Treasury Secretary resigned and a new one was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To offer a proper sequence of events, allow me to start from the beginning of the series
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The Race to Create Jobs in Mexico
Read moreFinishing Strong: Seeking a Proper US Exit from Afghanistan
By DANIEL F. RUNDE and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following is an abbreviated version of a brief written for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. It is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) THE ISSUE A precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would endanger many of the social, political, economic and health gains that
Read more75 Percent of All Korean Investment in Mexico Is along US Border
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Three-quarters of all recent South Korean investment in Mexico has been in states that border the United States, according to a recent study conducted by the Universidad Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) in cooperation with the Korean Embassy here. “More than 80 percent of all accumulated Korean investment in Mexico — which now amounts to
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