Navigating Mexico: AMLO’s Growing Dependence on Remittances
The word sounds like an old-fashioned phrase on the top of a government receipt from the 1950s or 1960s
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North American Summit: Photo Op or True Leadership?
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreBorgen Project Hopes to End Extreme Poverty by 2030
By JENNIFER SCHNEIDER The waves lapped against the small fishing vessel in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. While the Internet connection glitched, a young Clint Borgen used the paychecks from his job on the fishing vessel to fund what would eventually become a national campaign that focuses U.S. political attention on extreme poverty around the globe. That was back in 2003, when
Read morePemex Burns $2 Billion of Natural Gas in Three Years
By KELIN DILLON According to new estimates from the the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Tracker 2022 Monitoring Report, Mexico has burned and effectively wasted approximately $2 billion worth of natural gas over the past three years, as state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) lack of functional storage infrastructure has made it impossible to save and store the natural gas
Read moreNavigating Mexico: In a World of 8 Billion
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Supposedly, sometime in July 2022, a baby was born and became the eighth billion member of the living human family. The planet’s population has doubled in 48 years. Quite an accomplishment. So the question might be, what is Mexico’s place in a global community of 8 billion people? The answer is tricky because there are
Read moreIt’s Time to Block Taliban Leaders’ Trips Abroad
Six former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan speak out
Read moreA Fare-Thee-Well Lucheon for a Departing Diplomatic Wife
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After seven years in Mexico, the head of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in Mexico, Norbert Schneider, and his wife Yudith Malamud, will be leaving the country early next week. Schneider is being transferred by the World Bank to Panama, along with Malamud and their three children, Joseph, Jennifer and Jonathan. But before she left, Malamud
Read moreUkraine Success Depends on Economic Cooperation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE
Read moreA Nation on the Verge of Collapse
Former U.S. envoys and military commanders plead for Afghanistan
Read moreAzeri Envoy Marks First Anniversary of Reunited Nation
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It was a day of absolute jubilation and unrestrained celebration for Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Mammad Talibov and his wife Kamala Talibova when they hosted a diplomatic reception at the Presidente Intercontinental Hotel Polanco on Friday, Nov. 5, to commemorate the first anniversary of their reunited country after nearly three decades of occupation of a fifth of
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