veteran career diplomat in Mexico
Veteran career diplomat in Mexico, he served Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico and former Mexican Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1995-1997); nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; former Chairman of the Mexican Council for International Affairs
Mexico's New President, a Shaky Economy and the Ongoing Drug War Tomorrow, Mexico will inaugurate its newly elected president without either much fanfare or political protest. Enrique Peña Nieto , who won with a plurality of just 38 percent, will preside over an economy full of potential but held back by corruption, poverty and a drug war that's killed 60,000 people.
Mexico's Presidential Election and the War on Drugs When Felipe Calderón was elected President six years ago, he declared a military offensive against Mexico's murderous drug cartels. Since then, 50,000 people have died. Calderón's term is over and he is barred from seeking a second six-year term.
Summit of the Americas Highlights US Isolation After the first Western Hemisphere summit since 2009, President Obama and Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos reached agreement on labor rights and a free-trade agreement. But the broader meeting of heads of state produced mixed results , including sharply divided outlooks on drugs and Cuba.
Calderon Addresses a Joint Session of Congress Felipe Calderon got a standing ovation today from a joint session of Congress when he pledged to continue his all out war against violent drug cartels. Reaction was mixed when he attacked Arizona’s new immigration law and asked for the US ban on assault weapons to be reinstated.
Calderon Addresses a Joint Session of Congress Felipe Calderon got a standing ovation today from a joint session of Congress when he pledged to continue his all out war against violent drug cartels. Reaction was mixed when he attacked Arizona’s new immigration law and asked for the US ban on assault weapons to be reinstated.
A New President Goes South of the Border On a trip to Chile, Vice President Biden met with the leaders of several Latin American countries. But on his way to the Summit of the Americas , President Obama will visit just one. Tomorrow, he makes his first trip to Mexico.
A New President Goes South of the Border On a trip to Chile, Vice President Biden met with the leaders of several Latin American countries. But on his way to the Summit of the Americas , President Barack Obama will visit just one. Today the President defended his tax policies . Tomorrow, he'll head for Mexico before continuing on to the Caribbean for the summit.
Can the US Mend Fences while Building Fences? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Mexico today to shore up relations with Mexican President Felipe Calderón at a time when US relations with Mexico have never been more complex. As the United States is speeding hundreds of federal agents to the Mexican border as part of an ambitious new plan to prevent the drug cartels' surging…
What charter school growth has to do with the LA teachers strike The Los Angeles’ teachers strike has lasted a full school week . Class sizes and school staffing remain key sticking points in the impasse between United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District.