Fight Cross-Border Crime with Cooperation, Not Threats
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Thank You, AMLO, for Aggravating My Asthma
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Who’s to blame for the terrible levels of air contamination in Mexico City right now (the worst levels of small-particle pollution in over five years)? You guessed it: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his bumbling band of inept advisers and cabinet members. Yes, high temperatures, stagnant air and a lack of any relief in
Read moreWayne: Why the Merida Initiative Should Not Be Scrapped
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
Read moreAMLO’s Ever-Deepening Hole
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The very astute U.S. political columnist and comedian Will Rogers once quipped: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Sage advice, and solid counsel that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) would do well to follow. But even before he took office in December of last year, Mexico’s populist president has been excavating his
Read moreAbrogation of Mexico’s Education Reform Fails, For Now
By RICARDO CASTILLO Both houses of the Mexican Congress folded on Tuesday, April 30, ending the first part of formal sessions for this year of 2019. There was one surprise as the Senate sent back to the Chamber of Deputies President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) much-touted new law abrogating former President Enrique Peña Nieto’s ill-fated Education Reform. The bill didn’t
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Dueling Voices in AMLO’s Ear
Read moreAs Murders Surge, AMLO Promises to Lower Crime
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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A Sound Alternative to Mexico’s National Guard
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Read moreUSMCA, Mexican Energy Reform Still Uncertain
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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