PULSE NEWS MEXICO German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is due to pay a three-day state visit to Mexico starting on Monday, Sept. 19. During his stay in Mexico, Steinmeier will meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), as well as with legislators, other federal officials and members of the business communities in Mexico City and Guadalajara. Germany is Mexico’s fourth-largest
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE One year after the fall of Kabul and departure of U.S. troops, the United States still has an important policy and action agenda regarding Afghanistan, but with less leverage in a country suffering serious problems. Millions in Afghanistan face the dire effects of a devastating humanitarian and economic crisis. The Taliban government is focused on installing
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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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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Six former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan speak out
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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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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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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The government of Canada donated 3.1 million dosages of Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccines to Mexico on Thursday, July 28, to be administered to minors. The vaccines, which were delivered early Thursday morning via a Federal Express (Fedex) airplane, were received by Mexican authorities at the Toluca International Airport arriving from Memphis, Tennessee. They were the first arrivals in
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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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