By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although it has been around for more than a decade, the Merida Initiative is one of the most poorly understand bilateral agreements ever established between Mexico and the United States. Signed into existence back in June 2008 by then-U.S. President George W. Bush and his then-Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderón, the multifaceted security cooperation accord was intended to
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE and DAVID M. LUNA (The following article first appeared in “The National Interest” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) As the United States debates “emergencies” at its southern border and negotiates a trade deal with China, U.S. leaders must confront the lethal trade in fentanyl from other North American countries
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following article first appeared in the U.S. political website “The Hill” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) The negotiations in Washington over security at the U.S. southern border should focus on three of the real emergencies that are causing widespread human suffering and exacting high costs in both the United States and Mexico: illegal drug trafficking
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By JUSTIN QUINN Special to Pulse News Mexico By now, you have probably heard the arguments on both the contentious debates over what is driving the phenomenon of migrant caravans from Central America to Mexico and the United States. And you still not be clear on what it is that’s causing these migrants to undertake such an arduous journey, often
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO For a prelude to a presidency, surely that of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has got too many dissonant chords. First it was his decision to control oil crude production that caused a market shakeup and further peso devaluation. Then came the cancelation of the ongoing construction of the new airport that sent markets skidding and pumped the
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