Rebuilding Bilateral Trust to Fight Cross-Border Crime
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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The View from the North: Growing Militias Down Mexico Way
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexico is extremely violent these days, from the torching of vehicles to the killing of journalists. So is anyone surprised that local groups have armed themselves to protect their farms and families? As noted in the Pulse News Mexico article written by Jessica Guerrero on the so-called Pueblos Unidos, which loosely translate to the United
Read moreEffective, Reciprocal Labor Enforcement Is Essential for USMCA
OPINION By ÁLVARO SANTOS Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was born from a threat and a promise. The threat was to eliminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) altogether despite the huge regional market it helped create. The promise was to make that market more beneficial to the United States, and,
Read moreAMLO Turns Former NAICM Site into Nature Reserve
By KELIN DILLON Just one day after the inauguration of Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) declared Lago Texcoco – the former site of the canceled Mexico City New International Airport (NAICM) – to be a protected nature reserve, putting an official nail in the coffin of the NAICM’s construction. Published in
Read moreEuropean Parliament Calls on AMLO to Protect Journalists
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The European Parliament on Thursday, March 10, called on the Mexican government to guarantee the protection of journalists and human rights defenders, noting that this year alone, seven reporters have already been murdered in the country. In a resolution passed with 607 votes in favor, 2 against, and 73 abstentions, the European Parliament expressed
Read moreViolence in Mexico Displaces 63,000 from Homes under AMLO
By KELIN DILLON Throughout the first three years of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term, more than 63,310 people in Mexico have been displaced from their homes due to violence across the country, said the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (CMDPDH) on Sunday, Feb. 27. “Despite the fact that this is preliminary
Read moreThe AMLO Administration’s Slow Affisciation of the Truth
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just 24 hours after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) decried a report in Reforma noting that 56 human rights activists had been killed so far during his presidency as “false” and “a political conspiracy aimed at discrediting his administration,” the government’s own Secretariat of the Interior (Gobernación, or Segob) pointed out that the newspaper’s figures
Read moreProtecting Yourself from the Sun’s Harmful Rays
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the world – more common than breast cancer and more common than prostate cancer – affecting at least 2.5 million people worldwide and 1.5 million Mexicans annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, one in every five Mexicans will develop skin cancer in their
Read moreDid Fox Outfox AMLO?
By RICARDO CASTILLO The personal security of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been a subject of intense debate since he was sworn in on Dec. 1. His first act as president was to do away with the protection from the Mexican Army that presidents had enjoyed since 1934, when a special guard made up of at least
Read moreAnxiety Over AMLO’s Disdain for Personal Security Mounts
By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s a growing concern among most Mexicans over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) disdain for personal security. Friends and political opponents agree that the lax security that has surrounded him for the little over two months he’s been in office has to be reinforced. The president’s problem is that he considers himself to be just one more
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