By KELIN DILLON Crude oil prices dipped down more than $4 a barrel on Monday, Aug. 15, to the same market levels seen before the Ukrainian invasion, a trend prompted by the release of disappointing economic data from China – the world’s biggest crude oil importer – that very same day. The price of a barrel of U.S. West Texas
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO After three weeks of diplomatic posturing over the extradition of infamous Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States to face charges for the 1985 murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a Mexican court on Tuesday, Aug. 2, granted Caro Quintero a “definitive suspension against extradition.” In a written decree,
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 1, the New York City Bar Association released a statement accusing the actions of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) continued public threats against Mexican judges who rule against him as violating international law and the legal standards for judicial independence as outlined by the Mexican Constitution, the American Convention on Human Rights
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO In a scathing opinion column published by its editorial board, the Washington Post on Monday, Aug. 1, said that while it would be best for the United States and Mexico to resolve their differences within an “atmosphere of calm and mutual cooperation, with no gratuitous irritations to this vital bilateral relationship,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO)
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OPINION By KELIN DILLON After a continued period of tension between Mexico, Canada and the United States over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial energy policies, which directly violate portions of the free-trade United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and his continued public rhetoric against foreign and private investment, López Obrador has now publicly floated the idea of Mexico reneging
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OPINION By MAGDALENA CARRAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Over the past few years, investment conditions in Mexico have been increasingly questioned by analysts and the media, citing decisions such as the cancellation of the Constellation Brands plant in Mexicali and the Mexico City New International Airport that was being constructed in Texcoco. Is it possible that
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OPINION By JERRY HAAR Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The second decade of the 21st century increasingly mirrors the world’s political and economic environment of a century before when nationalism, protectionism and isolationism occupied center stage in the global political economy. The key drivers of economic growth and development — neoliberal economic policies and free market-oriented institutional
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OPINION By TOM LONG Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Even as images of a “flat” world and effortless global connections gained popularity during the 1990s, regional relationships played a central role in structuring the world’s economic, social and political landscape. The proliferation of regional agreements, organizations and summits in Asia, Africa and Europe responded to the opportunities
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By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, July 19, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) used his daily morning press conference to attack the Mexican judges who granted suspensions against the executive’s favored policies and pet megaprojects, falling in line with López Obrador’s preferred strategy of publicly admonishing dissenters of his administration. AMLO took the opportunity to speak out against Specialized
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