Summer Nears, but No Vacation in Sight
Political temperatures are also rising, and potential conflicts and near-miss economic catastrophes are coming to a head in the Western Hemisphere and around the globe
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Green Sprouts and Dark Clouds for North American Ties
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreThe View from the North: Lula Won, So Now What?
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. The results from the presidential election in Brazil on Sunday, Oct. 30, show a deeply divided nation. The map of voter breakdowns was reminiscent of that Bush-Kerry map from 2004, when one region voted one way and the other the other way. As NPR pointed out, “In just three years, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Read moreHigh Global Stakes, but in a Calmer Tone
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreAn Americas Summit, without AMLO
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreArgentine President Proposes Leftist Alliance with Mexico, Brazil
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In a letter made publish by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Sunday, March 13, Argentine President Alberto Fernández, a diehard populist who has backed López Obrador’s leftist policies, proposed the creation of a regional socialist alliance between Mexico, Argentina and Brazil to combat capitalism. In the letter, dated March 9, Fernández
Read moreFormer Brazilian President Lula da Silva Meets with AMLO
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Former Brazilian President and current presidential hopeful Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace on Tuesday, March 1. The former Brazilian head of state, a diehard leftist who served as his nation’s president from 2003 to 2011 and who is running for a
Read moreWhy the Americas Summit Was a Bomb
By RICARDO CASTILLO The eighth Summit of the Americas (SOA). which concluded Saturday. April 14, in Lima, Peru, was little more than a watered-down exercise in continental power. For starters, the “mini-summit” was unintentionally bombarded by U.S. President Donald Trump by his not attending. Also silently absent from the event was talkative Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, who was not invited. A face-to-face clash
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