By LARRY ANTHONY PANNELL The summer cruise season is upon us, and there is no place better to cruise at this time than Alaska. I firmly believe that everyone should cruise to Alaska at least once in their lifetime. It is nothing short of magnificent. There are many ways to reach Alaska, including driving or flying, but nothing offers the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although it has been around for more than a decade, the Merida Initiative is one of the most poorly understand bilateral agreements ever established between Mexico and the United States. Signed into existence back in June 2008 by then-U.S. President George W. Bush and his then-Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderón, the multifaceted security cooperation accord was intended to
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Echoing the tone of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech one day earlier in Tehran, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Taghi Hosseini took advantage of his national day reception on Tuesday, Feb. 12, to bask the United States and underscore his government’s unflinching commitment to the values of the now-40-year-old Islamic Revolution. “The 1979 Islamic Revolution marked a
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Luis Videgaray spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Saturday, Oct. 13, to assure Beijing that the newly drafted United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will in no way impede economic relations with other countries, according to an SRE press release. The new USMCA, which, if approved by the congresses of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When it comes to democracy, the United States has a bit of a God complex: It wants to remake the rest of the world in its own image. And while there is no denying that democracy – with all its faults and shortcomings – is still the best and most just form of governance, trying to superimpose
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray seems to be a master chef for all the dishes in the nation’s formidable international menu. But being a jack-of-all-trades has its shortcomings, and, indeed, Videgaray is now in hot water many reasons. FIRST: Last Monday, May 21, Videgaray convened with the so-called Lima Group’s (GL, for Grupo de Lima) representatives, comprised by
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