LeBaron Family Goes from Mourning to Politicking
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The heinous murders of nine Mormon women and children by still-unknown culprits shook Mexico to its very core…
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Mexico in Contact with US over Terrorist Designation
XINHUA … Mexico is currently in contact with the United States over the potential impact of designating drug cartels as terrorist groups…
Read moreThe USMCA and Narcoterrorism
By RICARDO CASTILLO … At this stage in time, Mexico is facing two key issues in its inseparable relation with the United States…
Read moreEbrard Condemns Bolivian Coup
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Mexico has officially condemned what it considers to be a military coup against a duly elected president…
Read moreMorena’s Hot Fray for Party President
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Hustle, tussle and lots of bustle is going on inside Mexico’s governing political party, as it heads into its first true internal election for party leader…
Read moreUS House Democrat Free Trade Working Group Meets with AMLO
By RICARDO CASTILLO … It’d seem that at the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, Thanksgiving is the make-or-break deadline for approving the USMCA…
Read moreMexico and US Get Ready to Rumble, Again
By RICARDO CASTILLO Hopefully, I’m wrong in my appraisal of curent Mexico-U.S. bilateral relations, but it all points in the direction that the pushy administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is about to shove the Mexican government again. Lest we forget the predicament of last May, President Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent punishment export tariff on all merchandise
Read moreGas Supply for CFE and Mexican Industry Assured
By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s an old Mexican adage that says that it is cheaper to make a poor deal than to fight a great fight. This might seem to be exactly what happened in the negotiations headed by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) Director Manuel Bartlett Díaz and seven gas pipeline companies that signed contracts for gas ducts with the
Read moreLandau Arrives in Mexico
By RICARDO CASTILLO The United States’ new ambassador-designate to Mexico, Christopher Landau, arrived in Mexico City on Friday, Aug. 16, with a warm handshake extended for all Mexicans up front. Landau will indeed need all the hands he can find for shaking because, as the old Mexican adage goes, the oven is too cold to bake bread. (No está
Read moreTrump Happy with Mexico’s Immigration Control Efforts
By RICARDO CASTILLO There was really very little to discuss on Sunday, July 21, during the just-over-an-hour-long meeting in Mexico City between visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. It was clear previous to the meet that Mexico had achieved the goals demanded of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)by U.S. President Donald
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