The USMCA Moves Past the Toddler Stage
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Ukraine Calls AMLO’s Peace Plan a Russian Scheme
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mykhailo Podolyak, chief advisor to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Saturday, Sept. 17, charged Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of promoting a Russian political agenda to justify Moscow’s illegal invasion of Ukrainian territory through the pretense of his so-called peace plan. Mincing no words in a tweet released Saturday morning, Podolyak, warned that AMLO’s
Read moreHigh Global Stakes, but in a Calmer Tone
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreThe US Must Not Forsake Afghanistan
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE One year after the fall of Kabul and departure of U.S. troops, the United States still has an important policy and action agenda regarding Afghanistan, but with less leverage in a country suffering serious problems. Millions in Afghanistan face the dire effects of a devastating humanitarian and economic crisis. The Taliban government is focused on installing
Read moreAn Acid Test for the USMCA
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreChina Economic Data Plummets International Oil Prices
By KELIN DILLON Crude oil prices dipped down more than $4 a barrel on Monday, Aug. 15, to the same market levels seen before the Ukrainian invasion, a trend prompted by the release of disappointing economic data from China – the world’s biggest crude oil importer – that very same day. The price of a barrel of U.S. West Texas
Read morePutin’s Incomprehensible Admirers
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE A nuclear power invades a small, sovereign nation. The world is witness to this unjust war, minute-by-minute, image-after-image: relentless bombardments against the civilian population, harrowing testimonies, mass exoduses, scenes of indescribable pain. That alone should arouse unanimous repudiation of the aggressor and unrestricted support for the victim. But that is not the case. A current of
Read moreAMLO Sends Aid to Help Cuba Put Out Oil Fire
PULSE NEWS MEXICO As a massive crude oil fire in the Cuban port of Matanzas continued to burn for a second day, spreading to yet another storage tank and threatening the island nation’s already-limited energy supply, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, Aug. 6, announced that he would be sending humanitarian assistance in the form of military
Read moreAMLO Suspends Subsidies for Premium Gasoline
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Friday, Aug. 5, announced the his administration would no longer provide financial subsidies to offset the high cost of premium gasoline. In March of this year, after global oil prices skyrocketed as a result of the war in Ukraine, López Obrador ordered the Treasury to provide a nationwide Special
Read moreOn the Mark: Griner Undoubtedly Being Used as Political Pawn
By MARK LORENZANA On Thursday, Aug. 4, WNBA superstar and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was convicted by a Russian court of “bringing marijuana with criminal intent into Russia” in February of this year and was sentenced to nine years in prison. The sentence was widely expected by U.S. authorities, to pave the way for negotiations between the two
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