By RICARDO CASTILLO Now that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) declared on Sunday, March 17, “the end of the neoliberal era,” a brief review of what it was seems to be in order. AMLO says that it lasted 36 years through six different presidents; his gauge is correct. He also said in his calling neoliberalism defunct that his
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Both houses of the Mexican Congress are about to embark on a rewriting of the Ley Federal del Trabajo (Federal Labor Law, or LFT). The LFT debate is expected to be multifaceted and particularly interesting, mainly because the administration of the current Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), will undoubtedly favor the exploited and beleaguered Mexican working class.
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By ANTONIO GARZA, 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 THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s outgoing president, Enrique Peña Nieto, U.S. President Donald. J. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at a sidelines meeting during the two-day G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Nov. 30. Notwithstanding, there is no guarantee that the USMCA will ever go into effect. The new agreement,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died at his home in Houston, late Friday, Nov. 30, just eight months after the death of his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush. Bush, born in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 12, 194, was a lifelong Republic who served as president from 1989
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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 At long last, we are beginning to hear some of the details of the United States Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiations. According to Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the toughest clause was on energy, which was almost a deal-breaker. After heavy disputes, that bickering President Donald Trump finally softened his stance and spoke over the phone to AMLO.
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