We are publishing the third and final part of our interview with Pedro Miguel, the advisor of the National Institute of Political Education in Mexico’s governing party MORENA. In the United States, between 35 and 40% of the population does not believe in the democratic institutions of the country. They have a fundamental criticism in regards to the political and ...
On January 4, Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of notorious drug cartel leader “El Chapo”. Lopez’ cartel reacted violently, blocking highways, torching vehicles, shooting at civilian airplanes. In the following clashed, 29 people lost their lives according to Mexico’s Minister of Defense. On January 8, U.S. President Joseph Biden arrived in Mexico to attend the trilateral North American ...
The Ukraine crisis continues to dominate global politics. Hence, we started our interview with Javier Gutiérrez, Member of the National Executive Committee of the Labor Party (Partido de Trabajo). But as we are in Mexico, the interview evolved fast to the President’s peace proposal, than to US-Mexican relations, with the upcoming elections in mind. At the end, it was the ...
The Mexican – Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Mexico’s proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, Latin American perspectives on the conflict, Mexican – US relations and Mexicans living in the US as well as the approaching midterm elections in the US Congress... I spoke about all this with an experienced politician and leader just south of the border: Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez ...
By Katu Arkonada * In recent months, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been criticizing the United States for its interference in the internal affairs of Mexico, due to the financing it grants to various organizations that claim the mantle of “civil society”, but actively participate in the political and media attacks against the López Obrador government. One of these organizations ...
US Commander of NORTHCOM questioned Mexican government’s ability to repell Russian spies and Chinese influence. The Mexican president responded with an emphasis on sovereignty. Just the lates episode in a clash of words between the countries – a clash with concrete content. The US President elevated the conflict in Ukraine to one between “democracies and authoritarian states”. Following that, the ...
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is leading a careful adjusted war of words with the country’s northern neighbor, the United States. In his daily press conferences, AMLO, as the President is called in Mexico, is frequently accusing the US of violating Mexico’s “national sovereignty”. Mexican President: The United States has Mexican journalists on payroll On February 21, the Mexican ...
Today we publish the second part pf our interview with Citlalli Hernández Mora, Secretary General of MORENA (Movement of National Regeneration) , the leading party in the coalition governing Mexico. In this part, Hernández speaks about Mexican-US relations, the new constellation in Latin America and Mexico’s relations with extracontinental powers. Trump and Biden The last US President Donald Trump was ...
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard evaluated the so-called Merida Initiative, which regulates the strategic cooperation between his country and the US, as “dead” in an interview given to the Washington Post on July 29. The statement is the latest link in a number of Mexican steps to curb US influence inside the country as well as Latin America. “The Merida ...
The government of Mexico has celebrated the 238 anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar, “El Libertador de América” on past Saturday. The state ceremony was held in the Presidential Palace to honor Bolivar, who is considered a hero of anti-colonial struggle and Latin American unity. The ceremony took place within the framework of Mexico’s bicentennial anniversary of independence in ...