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"Open banking is quickly revolutionizing global financial systems, including in Mexico where it has already started to reshape the country’s financial landscape"
👉 Op-Ed by Sara Van Velkinburgh
Open banking is quickly revolutionizing global financial systems, including in Mexico where it has already started to reshape the country’s
"Whether Texas’ actions have succeeded in stemming migration at the border or not —& indications are they have not- the acts of this single state have threatened to harm US international prestige"
👉 Op-Ed by Arturo Castellanos Canales via The Center for Binational Institutions U.S.- Mexico Foundation
By Arturo Castellanos Canales * Texas is taking immigration matters into its own hands — with cost and controversy attached.
"As temperatures continue to rise and droughts become more widespread, there is an urgent need for action on the U.S.-Mexico's transboundary aquifers"
👉 Op-Ed by Gabriel Eckstein via U.S.- Mexico Foundation
By Gabriel Eckstein * As climatic changes continue to grip the American Southwest and precipitation declines, communities across the U.S.-Mexico
"In the context of authoritarianism, militarization doesn’t happen overnight. We don’t see military coups like those of earlier decades. It happens when elected authorities cede civilian roles and authorities to the military"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
Militarization is a term that I often avoid. It comes with baggage from the 1970s and 80s. Nonetheless, I’m re-engaging
"If xylazine starts spreading through U.S. drug use, we can see a further dramatic escalation of drug deaths from an already terrible baseline. Like fentanyl, xylazine is frequently mixed into other drugs without users knowing it"
👉 Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
The recent extradition from Mexico to the United States of Ovidio Guzmán is a most welcome development. As U.S. Department
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"Both cartels [Sinaloa & CJNG] have been actively seeking & expanding the latter and are engaged in a bipolar war with each across Mexico & through their affiliates and proxies across Latin America"
👉 Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
On July 27, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Anne Milgram testified in the U.S. Congress in
"Too many citizens of the Americas are willing to relinquish their freedoms in exchange for what the authoritarians are offering. El Salvador is a case in point.
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
Authoritarianism - obedience to authority at the expense of freedom - is as bad as it sounds, and it is
""In September, Mexico will link its real-time payment system to consumers’ phone numbers for the first time launching Dinero Móvil (DiMo), introducing near-frictionless instant transfers into Mexico’s financial system. Although many have hailed it...this optimism is misplaced"
👉 Op-Ed by Sara Hayden Van Velkinburgh
Last month, the United States finally launched its first federally-backed real-time payments m**hod, FedNow. While you might still be learning
"When it serves China’s own interests, Beijing finds a way to act. China itself has come down hard at various times on Chinese chemical companies & traders supplying precursors to actors like the United Wa State Army in Myanmar for m**h production"
👉 Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
On July 27, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Anne Milgram testified in the U.S. Congress in
"I know that there are many US border officials who act with humanity toward migrants, but the scale of reported abuse & the lack of institutional response to hold abusers accountable tell us that there is a cultural problem"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
In the US today, who do we treat like less than human? It is an offensive yet important question, because
"The success of the USMCA negotiation proved that even at their worst, diplomatic and trade relations between Mexico and the United States, can and always ought to be preserved and strengthened"
👉 Op-Ed by JP Carroll
By J.P. Carroll * This year, in a major shift of global trade flows, Mexico has become the top trading partner of
"Even when drug labs are actually busted by Mexican authorities, little network dismantling & few meaningful drug prosecutions follow. Traffickers can thus easily survive & recover from limited financial losses by erecting new drug labs"
👉Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
On July 19, I testified before on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security at a hearing entitled
"Unless Mexico’s President López Obrador finds a way to improve security on highways & lower the risk of cargo truck hijacking, Mexico could scare away foreign executives & miss out on a potential boom of nearshoring investment"
👉 Op-Ed by Mark Vickers
By Mark Vickers * Mexico is currently experiencing a significant manufacturing boom, with foreign companies injecting over US $343 billion
"It seems that Xóchitl Gálvez, a successful businesswoman from Hidalgo with indigenous roots may actually be able to give President AMLO's movement, MORENA, a run for its money"
👉 Op-Ed by Amy Glover
Xóchitl Gálvez went for a walk by herself in the mountains of central Mexico to give it some thought. It
"Across the board, non-bank lenders in Mexico are being penalized by rating agencies and investors alike, as some of the biggest names announce restructurings and defaults"
👉 Op-Ed by Sara Van Velkinburgh
Across the board, non-bank lenders in Mexico are being penalized by rating agencies and investors alike, as some of the
"On June 26th, hope unexpectedly descended upon many Guatemalans in exile. The day before was election day in Guatemala. There were three top Presidential candidates, none likely to dramatically challenge the status quo. But the final results sent a shock wave of hope"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson rights
Hope is an amazing thing. You don’t even know that it is missing until suddenly you have it. On June
"Attempting to address undocumented migration and the southern border, the US has contorted immigration policy into a pretzel. This has happened because almost everyone has given up on comprehensive immigration reform"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
Attempting to address undocumented migration and the southern border, the US has contorted immigration policy into a pretzel. This has
👉New USMCA Forward report published
👉25 USMCA/NAFTA disputes filed since July 2020
👉Biotechnology, energy, labor
👉How to bolster North American supply chains
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USMCA Forward Our flagship USMCA Forward report aims to contribute to discussions on strengthening national security, improving supply chain resilience
"The word 'cartel' is thrown around so often that it has lost meaning & is not helpful in understanding or addressing the complex criminal organizations, drug distribution & financing systems...involved in the fentanyl trade"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
The US has a drug crisis. This is not an overstatement. Understanding the international components of the fentanyl crisis are
"Mexico must get serious about enforcement against environmental crimes, including the protection of the vaquita marina. And it must ensure that corruption does not eviscerate its environmental protection accomplishments"
👉 Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
On March 27 Mexico was added to a short blacklist of countries with which no legal wildlife trade should take
"Many generations of Mexicans will pay for the ignorance & arrogance of the current administration that, in the search for change, has only known how to walk backwards"
👉 Op-Ed by Jorge Suarez-Velez
Whenever there is a crisis, theories emerge about why the U,S. dollar will soon lose its hegemony. In his recent
"The conduct of Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in recent years provides an example of the dangers of an overtly-politicized body that should put on alert international authorities"
👉 Op-Ed by Manuel Vélez via Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano
By Manuel Vélez * Operational independence and autonomy of Financial Intelligence Unit (FIUs) around the world is a cornerstone for
"The evisceration of US-Mexico security cooperation by the López Obrador administration did not come out of the blue. It is part & parcel of the Mexican government’s abdication of security policies & internal responsibilities"
👉 Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
In my previous column, I outlined how the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador steadily hollowed out U.S.-Mexico security
"Defining cartels as foreign does seem rather handy. It makes them outsiders and the US the victim of som**hing external"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
“Why can we name a lot of Mexican drug cartels, but not any cartels in the US?” A friend, who
"U.S. political & business leaders should recognize that attempting to silo economic issues apart from the rest of the bilateral relationship with Mexico is no longer tenable"
👉 Op-Ed by Connor Pfeiffer
By Connor Pfeiffer * At the September 2022North Capital Forum in Mexico City, I was struck by the enthusiasm emanating
"The latest crisis is merely the visible tip of the iceberg of how Mexico eviscerated counternarcotics & law enforcement cooperation with the United States"
👉 Op-Ed by Vanda Felbab-Brown
The early March murder of two U.S. citizens and the kidnapping of two others in Matamoros and the spiraling confrontational
"The deployment of more armed troops will not bring justice to unsolved crimes in Mexico. The bet on putting more military forces on the streets has weakened Mexican federalism"
👉 Op-Ed by Mónica López Pérez via Impunidad Cero
By Monserrat López Pérez * Mexico is trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and impunity. In 2022, 85 people
"The US needs to stop considering Mexico an extension of its domestic immigration policy. But that will only happen when Mexico demands the respect it deserves & stops serving as a staging area for US disfunction"
👉 Op-Ed by Joy Olson
After the recent trinational meeting between the US, Mexico, and Canada, a US government official emphasized that this was a
"President López Obrador himself seems uncertain that his movement can retain power in 2024, which is precisely why he is trying to stack the deck at the INE"
👉 Op-Ed by Amy Glover
Democracy is a fragile form of governance for which there is no clear-cut recipe. Even when institutions seem strong, like
"How can AMLO’s government speak of climate action whilst two of his key infrastructure projects (the Dos Bocas oil refinery and the Mayan Train) are climate regressive and a threat to biodiversity?"
👉 Op-Ed by Yussef Farid N. via US-Mexico Foundation
By Yussef Núñez Menéndez * The last couple of years have forever changed the international system’s dynamics and have also
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