Incoming president Joe Biden is facing many issues when he is sworn in on January 20. Among the issues is a challenging relationship with México. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, colloquially known as […]
Joe Biden Faces Challenges With Mexico
The Conundrum of Genaro Garcia Luna
With corruption and narco-terrorism on the rise in México in 2006, then-president Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug traffickers, mobilized the Mexican military. Calderón set out to reform the Mexican policing […]
U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trade And Why AMLO Hesitates On Biden
As some readers may have noted, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrado (AMLO) has refused to recognize Joe Biden until the court challenges are completed. Some believe that AMLO’s slight of Biden […]
AMLO Meets With The Patrón Today
The problem for México is that every so often a Mexican president takes the helm of the country and immediately kowtows to the powers that be. Santa Anna is one such character. […]
Understanding the Lopez Obrador Lovefest With Donald Trump
Many political observers are scratching their heads as to why Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) wants to meet with Donald Trump as his first government to government meeting outside of México. López […]
AMLO, Trump and Fast and Furious
On Monday, April 11, Mexican foreign relations minister, Marcelo Ebrard posted on Twitter a clarification on the diplomatic note the Mexican government had sent to the U.S. Embassy recently. The diplomatic note […]
Mexico: The Unexpected Oil Deal Winner
The deal reached on Sunday between Russia, Saudi Arabia and other oil producing nations is not enough to solve the oil price problem. Cutting 9.7 million barrels a day is not enough […]
The Age of COVID-19
We are amid major changes in the global economy and the way we live our lives. Those of us that have lived through the currency devaluations of our countries or other major […]
Women, Violence and AMLO
Today, Mexican women are expected to show what it would be like to have a world without women. A day without women has been declared for today in México. Women have been […]
The Mexican Presidential Airplane Raffle
Is México really about to raffle its presidential airplane? That’s the question that I keep getting asked when talking about Mexico’s political state. With Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, anything is […]
Bernie Sanders: Beware of Extremes
The news outlets are reporting that Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls. He seems to be leading in Iowa and in New Hampshire. It is still too early to know if […]
The Impeachment of Donald Trump
I trust you all had an excellent start to 2020. Unless you are completely oblivious to politics you likely know that Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives as 2019 […]
The Politics of The Border 
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