US Tariffs on Mexican Goods Go Into Effect
In response, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a “Plan B” of both tariff and non-tariff responses to safeguard her country’s interests
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AMLO and US Clash Over Human Rights Report
The U.S. State Department’s 2023 Annual Report on Human Rights highlighted Mexico’s issues with impunity, violence and attacks on journalists and the federal judiciary
Read moreBlinken to Meet with AMLO to Discuss Fentanyl
Blinken, who is slated to also travel to Texas this week to review the mounting migrant crisis, will co-chair the 2023 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue
Read moreMayorkas Backs Blinken, Confirms Cartels Control Mexican Territory
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously said: Drug cartels control part of Mexico’s national territory
Read moreState Department Claims Aggravate Rift between US, Mexico
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been sure to label the U.S. Department of State as a “little department” and as “liars” after the publication of the U.S. foreign affairs agency’s 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices alleged that much of Mexico’s territory remains under the control of narco-trafficking cartels
Read moreLópez Obrador Labels US State Department as ‘Liars’
The report levied allegations against Mexico of widespread torture, extrajudicial killings, human trafficking, gender violence femicide, forced disappearances and limits on freedom of expression across the country, trends that the U.S. Department of State claim are only exacerbated by the Mexican government’s impunity toward criminals and failure to properly investigate crimes
Read moreU.S. State Department Releases Report on Mexico’s Human Rights Issues
The enmeshment of the Mexican Armed Forces in Mexico’s daily violence was also highlighted by the State Department, especially considering the growing number of military human rights abuse reports across the last several years
Read moreUS Demands AMLO Butt Out of Its Electoral Process
AMLO got this dander up against the United States when a group of Republican lawmakers proposed declaring Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups
Read moreCDC Issues Level Four Warning against Travel to Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued its strongest travel advisory level against travel to Mexico on Monday, Jan. 31. In a statement released Monday, the CDC issued its highest travel advisories — Level Four: Very High — against 12 countries, including Mexico, Brazil and Singapore, citing high rates of covid-19
Read moreA Difficult Year in Review
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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