By RICARDO CASTILLO How well are relations between Mexico and the United States doing? Or to be blunt about it, how are relations between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)? According to a clique of prophets of doom that gather every Wednesday night in a Mexican commentary program called “Tercer Grado” (“Third Degree”) on
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As my esteemed colleague Ricardo Castillo pointed out in his column on Friday, March 8, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is due to present a self-styled analysis of his first 100 days in office on Monday, March 11. And as Castillo duly noted, the left-leaning AMLO is expected to “blow his own horn” about his
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By RICARDO CASTILLO As the internal conflict inside Venezuela grows on a daily basis, the numbers of voices in Mexico pleading with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to declare himself in support of the cause of the now-enormous number of nations (and columnists in Mexico) favoring self-appointed “substitute President” Juan Guaidó over ruling President Nicolás Maduro. On Monday, Feb.
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An Open Letter to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS On Saturday, Feb. 23, tons of desperately needed humanitarian aid in the form of food and medications was blocked from entering Venezuela from Colombia and Brazil, much of it set on fire as soldiers loyal to Nicolás Maduro faced off against desperate civilians in a deadly crash
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón arrived in Mexico City on Wednesday, Jan. 30, for a two-day official visit. During his stay, Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, who was accompanied by Spanish Justice Minister Dolores Delgado and Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister María Reyes Maroto, as well as a high-level business delegation, was received by Mexican President
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The left-leaning government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office on Dec. 1, has made it clear that it will continue to support Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a statement issued by the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Mexican government stated: “In accordance
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s diplomatic corps is currently holding its 30th Meeting of Ambassadors and Consuls in Mexico City. A total of 105 working diplomats will have their top moment on Wednesday, Jan. 9, when they meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace where he will outline the diplomatic course for the nation over the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s new brand of diplomacy is about to undergo its first acid test. On Friday, Jan. 4, the Foreign Relations ministers or secretaries of the 14 Latin American nations that make up the Lima Group (a multilateral body that was established following the Lima Declaration on Aug. 8, 2017, in the Peruvian capital under which representatives of 17 countries
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s official. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, better known as AMLO, officially became Mexico’s 58th president during a three-and-a-half-hour-long inaugural ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 1, which began at 11 a.m. at the San Lázaro Congressional Offices and ended at the National Palace in Mexico City’s Centro Histórico. AMLO officially assumed the Mexican presidency at 11:22 a.m., local time.
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