Blinken 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
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Mayorkas 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 moreUS Senator Pushes for ‘Terrorist’ Label on Drug Cartels
“We’re going to terrorize the terrorists, unleash the fury and might of the United States against these cartels,” said Graham
Read moreTop US Lawmakers Say AMLO Sabotaging Mexican Democracy
Plan B was devised by AMLO after failing to pass a constitutional amendment that would have eliminated Mexico’s Electoral Institute altogether and replace it with a body that would have reported directly to him
Read moreGreen Sprouts and Dark Clouds for North American Ties
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexico Promotes Fossil Fuels as US Pushes for Clean Energy
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico will allocate 503 billion pesos this year in subsidies to gasoline and domestic electricity — produced with gas and coal — as a key element to combat inflation, Secretary of the Treasury Rogelio Ramírez de la O reported on Monday, Aug. 1. In contrast, the United States is about to embark on an ambitious anti-inflation plan
Read moreIsthmus Train Project Chugging Toward a United America
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is back in the news now that U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar announced last week a potential $500 billion investment in the new transoceanic project to link up Salina Cruz in the Pacific with the Coatzacoalcos port in the Gulf of Mexico. Hazy as Salazar’s financial plan may be for now,
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreUS Senators Lodge Complaint against AMLO for Judicial Abuse
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Four members of the U.S. Senate, led by Bob Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, April 6,stating that there is mounting evidence that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is attacking the
Read moreTime to Spring Forward
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF On Sunday, April 3, most of Mexico, including its capital Mexico City, will spring forward one hour at 3 a.m. to adjust to Daylight Savings Time (DST). The northern Mexican state of Sonora does not change its clocks because it wants to stay in sync with the neighboring U.S. state of Arizona, where Mountain
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