Que pasa con Mexico's stock market? It's So Dead that De-listings Are the Only Action "The lack of a sufficiently deep and strong stock market is holding back the growth of the country" "This is about as bad as it's ever been" Michael O'Boyle reports: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Mexico’s economy shrinks 1.6% in August (m/m). Recovery is not strong despite #USMCA and strong pull from U.S. economy. Unless business climate improves, investment will remain weak and thus the economic outlook is bad.

OFICIALMENTE REABRE LA FRONTERA 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Las lágrimas no se hicieron esperar durante este emotivo reencuentro. #Noticias26 #Univision #ElPaso #Juárez #UnaMismaComunidad #CoberturaEspecial

I’m running for governor. Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today — and get back to the big, bold vision that used to define Texas. A Texas big enough for all of us. Join us: bit.ly/30mq3KP

Con el primer ministro Trudeau, en el mural pintado por Roberto Cueva del Río en 1935, luego de la reunión bilateral.

NEW! The AMLO Govt has finally agreed to issue new visas for DEA agents deployed in Mexico, the Department of State said today. After a 7-month wait, this removes a major irritant in US/MX relations. In January, AMLO enacted restrictions on foreign agents operating in MX. Via REFORMA

.Carlos Heredia y Andrew Selee escribieron el documento de trabajo "Increasing Opportunities to Address Migration in North America" #BlogDeInvestigacionesCIDE 📑: bit.ly/3oNeYeO

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. has requested the extradition of former Honduran president #JuanOrlandoHernandez on drug trafficking related charges, multiple sources tell Univision. Hernandez left office Jan 27 and has been named in several US Attorney SDNY drug cases. bit.ly/3rRmc3I

INBOX:Senator Dick Durbin+Sen. Chuck Grassley put forth a bipartisan bill to revise the H-1B & L-1 visa programs for foreign professionals. It would replace the H-1B random lottery w a system prioritizing candidates w US degrees & higher salaries. Full text: durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Honored to contribute to The Wilson Center's "North America: Forging a Continental Future" efforts. We need to rethink disaster management when dangers -- cyber, pandemic, climate -- know no borders. #beyondborders 🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇸 5g.wilsoncenter.org/publication/em…

Separately, I want to really recommend this series of papers exploring so many common issues linking North America. This effort is joint project of @MexicoInstitute The Canada Institute at The Wilson Center, The Aspen Institute & Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School. wilsoncenter.org/article/north-…

Although bilateral Emergency Management between N. American nations is common, trilateral cooperation is rare, yet increasingly necessary, argues Juliette Kayyem in our newest publication. More about the challenges facing N. America on this front below ⬇️:

Members of the Mexican Congress participating in the “Mexico-Russia Friendship Committee” should not be allowed to enter, travel, or invest in the US. I urge Secretary Antony Blinken & ARCHIVED: Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to revoke their visas and any foreign official that does not condemn Russian aggression.

The meeting today between AMLO & Biden’s special adviser for the Summit of the Americas, Chris Dodd, will now be virtual because Dodd got Covid-19, according to AMLO.  AMLO has threatened not attending the Summit in L.A. next month if Cuba, Nicaragua & Venezuela aren’t invited.

Today I requested Mexico review whether workers at a local factory were being denied the rights of free association and collective bargaining. This is the third time we have requested this type of review using tools developed under the #USMCA.

Some personal news (actually personal): Nearly 10 years after graduating with a master's degree from a U.S. university, I got my green card in the mail. It's been a long, tedious, expensive and often scary process.

In June, the AMLO Govt told the Major Economies Forum on Energy & Climate chaired by Biden that it would present new climate goals (NDCs) ahead of #COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh COP27 starts next week in this hasn’t happened

México está construyendo un tren turístico de 1.500 Kms a través de una de las mayores concentraciones de antigüedades del mundo: el epicentro de la civilización Maya. Hemos documentando lo que pronto se perderá. 1/x

Three days after ⁦City of El Paso⁩ declared an emergency, Texas State National guardsmen positioned themselves on usa side of Rio Grande to installed barb wire. There’s also presence of DPS. No immediate comment from city, but ⁦(thread)