Tag Archives: San Diego Union-Tribune

AMLO’s Daily Tirades against Journalists Are Putting Them in Harm’s Way

OPINION By MARK LORENZANA In February of this year, the San Diego Union-Tribune published an editorial criticizing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), saying his “rhetoric will get more journalists killed.” Specifically, the Union-Tribune editorial zeroed in on López Obrador’s penchant for labeling journalists — especially journalists who criticize AMLO and his administration — as “thugs,” “mercenaries” and “sellouts.”

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The View from the North: No Money to Send Home

By SILVIO CANTO, JR. For years, Mexicans living abroad have sent billions of U.S. dollars to their families back home. These remittances are a social safety net in rural small towns across Mexico, maintaining entire families who might otherwise have no income, and are an increasingly important source of foreign revenue for the country. According to a Fox News report, remittances

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The View from the North: Why Trump Halted Immigration

By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Not surprisingly, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed what he calls a pause to immigration to the United States for 60 days while the country battles with the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus. This announcement has spurred massive controversy both in the United States and abroad, particularly in Mexico. But it is important to understand that

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