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Dallas Morning News Editorial Lambasts AMLO’s Anti-Violence Policy

By KELIN DILLON On Thursday, Aug. 18, the daily American newspaper Dallas Morning News released an in-depth editorial critiquing the controversial “hugs, not bullets” policy against violence that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has adopted throughout his administration. AMLO’s approach toward Mexico’s enduring violence crisis was only further thrust into the spotlight on Thursday, Aug. 11, when a

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What’s on the Horizon for US-Mexican Relations?

OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and

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Envoy Says Mexico and US Share Responsibility to Protect Migrants

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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US Confirms Mexico Has Granted Visas to DEA Agents

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what appears to be the fruit of some of the closed-door negotiations that took place between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his U.S. counterpart, President Joe Biden, during their face-to-face meeting in Washington on Nov. 18, the United States revealed on Wednesday, Dec. 1, that Mexico has unblocked the issuing

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New Security Pact about Drugs and Arms, Not Migrants

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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