By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar — who in February stirred diplomat waters by contradicting the Joe Biden administration when he said that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “is right” about his country’s energy sector requiring reforms — said Friday, March 18, that the president’s reform will discourage investment in Mexico. Salazar
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just days after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar caused diplomatic ripples by contradicting the administration of President Joe Biden, saying that Mexico indeed needs an electrical reform, the U.S. State Department announced Monday, Feb. 7, that it would send Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry on a whirlwind tour to meet with
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By KELIN DILLON Days after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar publicly stated on Thursday, Feb. 3, that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “is right” about Mexico’s energy sector requiring reforms, the Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady published a column calling for Salazar’s removal from his post, claiming his vocal contradiction of President Joe Biden’s policies are worthy
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said Tuesday, Dec. 14, that it is the responsibility of both Mexico and the United States to protest migrants by creating the conditions for economic and social development in Central America. Speaking during an interview with the Mexican daily newspaper El Universal and just 100 days into his
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Nov. 3, a number of U.S. congressmen protested against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform in a letter to U.S. government officials, saying that the proposal would violate international treaties like the United States–Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and is discriminatory against both private investment initiatives and cleanly sourced energy. U.S. Republican members
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) received U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Climate John Kerry in the southern state of Chiapas on Monday, Oct. 18, López Obrador was hoping that it was a sign that President Joe Biden was going to give the go-ahead for the United States to finance his ambitious Sembrando Vida
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue in Mexico City on Friday, Oct. 8, the two governments agreed to jointly address a series of pressing bilateral issues, drug smuggling, human trafficking and illegal weapons transports, while generally ignoring the elephant in the room — the growing migrant problem along the shared border. Instead of touching on the politically
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) may have thought that he was going to get away with continuing to ban U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents from operating in the country without any reprimand from Washington. But on Saturday, Oct. 9, just one day after the first U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue was held
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