By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s vaccination process against covid-19 along the U.S. border will begin on Wednesday, June 16, for inhabitants in northern industrial cities, said the country’s Undersecretary of Health Hugo López-Gatell. The program will begin in 39 municipalities with the 1.35 million doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine donated to Mexico by the United States, available for
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON Following U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Mexico, where she tackled issues like labor reform, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh launched a second complaint against Mexico for its alleged violation of workers’ rights under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The officials allege Mexico has denied collective bargaining and free
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By KELIN DILLON In her visit with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tackled a multitude of problems facing relations between the two countries, from drug trafficking to labor reform, which she addressed at a public press conference concluding her trip to Mexico and Guatemala. The talks between the two officials were “candid,” said
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In his daily morning press conference on Wednesday, June 9 — one day after his much-anticipated meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris — Mexican President Andrés Manel López Obrador (AMLO) bragged about how he and Harris had “forgone protocol” and had a friendly meeting. In this case, AMLO was half right: While Harris complied with the
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By KELIN DILLON U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Mexico for the first time in her position as the United States’ second-in-command on Tuesday, June 8, tackling immigration as the most important theme discussed between the neighboring countries and calling the encounter a first step in “embarking on a new era.” The VP arrived in Mexico late Monday night from
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Wrapping up a two-day tour of Guatemala and Mexico on Tuesday, June 8, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris courted backlash both from Republicans and Democrats in the United States when asked in a press conference about why she was not visiting the Mexico-U.S. border as part of that tour. “We’ve been to the border,”
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By KELIN DILLON U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Mexico for the first time in her new role on Tuesday, June 8, with an aim to discuss hot button issues between the two countries like immigration policy and climate change. Ahead of Harris’s arrival, the National Palace, where Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) lives, was
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just five days before a visit from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and four days before Mexico’s largest elections ever, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, June 2, accused the U.S. Embassy here of trying to “fuel descent” against his government by supporting independent civil organizations. Speaking during his daily morning press
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