What Is Economic Diplomacy and How Does It Work
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina
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Venezuela Represents Acid Test for AMLO’s Diplomacy
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
Read moreWhy the Americas Summit Was a Bomb
By RICARDO CASTILLO The eighth Summit of the Americas (SOA). which concluded Saturday. April 14, in Lima, Peru, was little more than a watered-down exercise in continental power. For starters, the “mini-summit” was unintentionally bombarded by U.S. President Donald Trump by his not attending. Also silently absent from the event was talkative Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, who was not invited. A face-to-face clash
Read morePacific Nations Leave US in Rearview Mirror on Trade
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreAn Endangered People
According to ancient legends, the Ese’Eja people of southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia were born from a cotton fiber in the sky. Now, their entire future is hanging by a thread
Read moreSome Good Environmental News
For all the bad environmental news out there, there is some good news in terms of deforestation, at least in the Amazon Basin
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