Increasing climate threats, higher agricultural and industrial demand, poor infrastructure and a rapidly growing population will exacerbate the insecurity if steps are not taken to reconcile available water supply with growing demand
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The costs in human lives and deterioration of citizens’ security in both countries cannot be overstated
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By MARK LORENZANA The annual World Press Photo Contest exhibit has returned to Mexico City for this year’s edition and will run through Oct. 2 at the Museo Franz Mayer. The opening of the exhibit coincided with the 36th anniversary of the museum, which was founded by German-Mexican financier, photographer and collector Franz Mayer in 1986 as a place to
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Over the weekend, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) paid a visit to the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, home of infamous drug lord and founder of the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, currently in a U.S. high-security prison on 17 counts of homicide, drug trafficking, conspiracy, organized crime against health, money laundering, homicide and
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By KELIN DILLON As the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues its policy of “hugs, not bullets” against Mexico’s widespread narco trafficking cartels, arrests and seizures by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) against the groups have gone down in tandem. Between 2020 and 2021, a total of nine anti-cartel practices have been reduced by Sedena,
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico has cemented itself in recent history as the world’s largest provider of illegal heroin to the United States, contributing to the northern country’s opioid crisis and exacerbating the southern country’s issues with narcotrafficking. As conversation increases more and more about Mexico’s potential decriminalization of opium production, it’s important now more than ever to understand how
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies is set to debate proposed legislation to legalize marijuana in the country on Wednesday, March 10, following two special committees of the Congress’ lower house approving drafts of the bill on Monday evening, with expectation of the bill’s passage later in the week. The legislation, which is supported by Mexican President Andrés Manuel
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Everyone in Mexico knows that drugs and violence go hand-in-hand. For the most part, the general public either hears about the latest “record” drug seizure (they get bigger all the time) or the surging number of gory gang-versus-gang executions, including beheadings, dismemberments and similar atrocities that would make the United States’ National Enquirer look like a Pollyanna
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