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
Foreign Affairs The amendment passed amid chaos and accusations of corruption. “Coward!” “Traitor!” “Judas!” Such were the epithets hurled at Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez, senator from the National Action Party (PAN), as he crossed the aisle to cast the determining vote in favor of the controversial judicial reform that promises to remake Mexican politics. In
Foreign Affairs The outgoing president has proposed sweeping constitutional reforms for his final month in office. The overwhelming victory achieved by Morena, the political party of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), in the June Mexican federal elections has breathed new life into his plan for a sweeping reform of the Mexican political system.