Joseph Addington

Latin America Cracking down on cartel crime requires more bullets than hugs. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has quietly been abandoning the security framework of her predecessor, the populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador. López Obrador famously took a soft-touch approach towards cartels in Mexico, saying that ultimately what would solve organized crime are “hugs, not bullets,”

Foreign Affairs State of the Union: Mexico will send 10,000 troops to the border while tariffs will be delayed for another month. The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced Monday morning at her regular press conference that she had come to an agreement with Donald Trump to postpone the levying of tariffs by the U.S.

Politics Some problems can’t be solved with special ops and missile strikes. As the second Trump administration settles into Washington, much of its focus will be directed toward the southern border. Illegal immigration from Mexico (and its consequences) was a major focus of the campaign, and cutting it off will be a priority of the