UN: More Women Entering Latin American Workforce
XINHUA … More women are entering the workforce across Latin America, with an increase of 11 percent in the last 30 years…
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Internal Politics Aside, Austria Seeking Increased Ties with Mexico
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Less than a month after a contentious snap election spurred by a major corruption scandal, Austria’s still-de facto Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his conservative, Christian-democratic People’s Party are in the midst of cautiously measuring potential new alliances, wavering between a weakened far-right Freedom Party (Kurz’s former partner, which was at the heart of the scandal and nearly
Read moreAfghanistan: Where Do We Go from Here?
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and former U.S. deputy ambassador to Afghanistan
Read moreIs Peace Actually on the Horizon in Afghanistan?
Two former U.S. ambassadors speak out
Read moreThe Best Hope for Slowing Central American Migration
By RICARDO CASTILLO Wherefore art thou, Donald Trump? In reelection limbo, it seems. Over the past two days, the president of the United States has been directing his same old capricious criticism at Mexico, alleging that the United States’ southern neighbor “is doing nothing” to stop the now very dangerous northern flow of desperate migrants from Central American countries. And
Read moreHappy International Women’s Day
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Friday, March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD). International Women’s Day is marked by women’s groups around the world to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It is officially commemorated at the United Nations every Mar. 8 in recognition of the universal struggle for gender equality, justice,
Read moreKazakh Envoy Touts Nation’s Accomplishments, Dodges Questions on Human Rights
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Kazakhstani Ambassador to Mexico Andrian Yelemessov has no great love for Human Right Watch (HRW), the New York-based NGO that has been defending refugees, migrants and political prisoners since 1978. “For me, that organization is bad,” Yelemessov told Pulse News Mexico during a press conference at his embassy on Wednesday, Feb. 20, to tout his government’s economic
Read moreMexican Envoy to UN Presents Diplomatic Credentials
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s new ambassador to the United Nations, Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, presented diplomatic credentials to UN Secretary General António Guterres in a brief ceremony on Monday, Feb. 18. A U.S.-trained medical psychiatrist who was secretary of health under former President Ernesto Zedillo and an academician who served as rector at the National Autonomous University
Read moreFinishing Strong: Seeking a Proper US Exit from Afghanistan
By DANIEL F. RUNDE and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE (The following is an abbreviated version of a brief written for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. It is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) THE ISSUE A precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would endanger many of the social, political, economic and health gains that
Read moreAn Overlooked Perspective of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
By JENNIFER SCHNEIDER “If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.” This famous quote, by current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sums up the Israeli-Arab conflict from the Jewish perspective, and it is seems to be true, as evidenced by recent
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