OPINION By CARLOS PASCUAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* General Motors stated in November 2021, just seven months after announcing plans to invest $1 billion in electric vehicle production in Mexico, that “Mexico won’t be a destination for foreign investment” unless it provides a solid legal basis to “meet our objective of having zero emissions in the
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday, June 22, that it will import 1 million pounds of baby formula from Mexico beginning this weekend, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce a nationwide shortage caused by the closure of the largest U.S. baby formula manufacturing plant, owned by Abbott, earlier this year. The
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OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly taken swipes at Cuban-American Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bob Menéndez during his regular press conferences this month, piling on from criticism lobbed by him at the three in the past. López Obrador has accused the three senators, along with other Cubans living in the
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OPINION By COLIN ROBERTSON Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Like globalization and the rules-based multilateral order, the North American idea risks falling victim to larger geopolitical forces. But even in the absence of energetic political leadership, we can still make progress, by building on existing initiatives, to the mutual benefit of all three nations, Canada, the
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By MARK LORENZANA The detention in Russia of Brittney Griner — the star center who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) — will be extended yet again, Russian news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, June 14. Griner was taken into Russian custody at the Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow on Feb. 17 for allegedly
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO U.S. Special Envoy for the Climate Change John Kerry on Tuesday, June 14, called on the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to open the country to private investment in the energy sector. Kerry, who met with AMLO at the National Palace on Tuesday, said that the Joe Biden administration has been working through U.S.
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO As of Sunday, June 12, international visitors entering the United States will no longer be required to present proof of a negative PCR or antigen covid-19 test, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced late Friday, June 10. The decision to lift the requirement came amid mounting pressure from airlines that considered the measure as excessive
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