US-Taliban Talks: How to Avoid a Rush to Failure
By A COLLABORATION OF U.S. DIPLOMATS WHO HAVE WORKED ON AFGHANISTAN
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How the US Can Sustain Progress with Mexico on Migration
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexico’s National Guard Goes into Effect
By RICARDO CASTILLO The past six months have been hectic for Mexico and its Congress as they worked to approve several constitutional amendments that will help ease the nation’s transition into what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) calls the Fourth Transformation, now popularly mentioned as 4T. Apparently – and this is an educated guess only – AMLO has plans
Read moreFight Cross-Border Crime with Cooperation, Not Threats
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Read moreMexican Anti-Slavery Advocate Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican social worker and advocate against global human trafficking Rosa María de la Garza Ramírez – better known as Rosi Orozco – was nominated as a candidate for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, the national senate announced on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The announcement was made by Jorge Olvera García, president of the Senate State Human Rights
Read moreMexican Congress Approves Bill to Broaden List of Crimes Meriting Remand without Bail
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite condemnation from Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), as well as the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Mexican Congress approved a bill on Tuesday, Feb. 19, that adds nine new charges to the list of crimes for which suspects must be held without the possibility of bail, including electoral fraud and fuel
Read moreIslas Marías: From Penal Colony to Nature Reserve
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Feb. 18, that the group of islands off the country’s Pacific coast known as the Islas Marías, which, in the 1940s were transformed from a high-security federal penitentiary into a low-security prison for nonviolent offenders with a minimum two-year sentence, will soon become a cultural center and nature reserve
Read moreUS, Mexico Defy Expectations by Cooperating on Immigration
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreNarcos: Transnational Cartels and Border Security
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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