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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The Mexican Recession that May Not Be
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s the end of July and figures are beginning to trickle in regarding the state of Mexico’s economy. The first one landed on Friday, July 26, from the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (Inegi), which is the nation’s foremost authority in gauging financial and industrial trends and the news is not good since the Gross Domestic
Read moreA Review of the First Year of Five Mexican Presidents
By RICARDO CASTILLO The word “recession” currently seems to be striking terror in the heart of most Mexicans. And given the humongous volume of antagonism President Andrés López Obrador (AMLO) is confronting, the word is even more threatening to his opponents. Not only that, AMLO is fighting a war of economic terminology in which the truth is in the voice
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Two former U.S. ambassadors speak out
Read moreArgentina Moves Toward the Center
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina
Read moreThe Greatest Showman
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no denying that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, as he likes to be called) is charismatic, and he definitely puts on a great show. In fact, his daily song and dance act at the National Palace has become a standing-room-only extravaganza with “sold-out” crowds of politically developmentally challenged proselytes who see him as
Read moreAMLO’s Ever-Deepening Hole
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The very astute U.S. political columnist and comedian Will Rogers once quipped: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Sage advice, and solid counsel that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) would do well to follow. But even before he took office in December of last year, Mexico’s populist president has been excavating his
Read morePlanning for the Day After in Venezuela
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreKuwaiti Ambassador Celebrates Dual National Days
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Kuwaiti Ambassador to Mexico Muteb Saleh Almutoteh had a lot to celebrate on Monday, Feb. 25, when he marked the 58th anniversary of his country’s independence from Britain and the 28th anniversary of its liberation from Iraq with a diplomatic reception at Mexico City’s Westin Santa Fe Hotel. Not only has his Middle Eastern country finally managed
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
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