Why changes to Mexico’s Hydrocarbon Law call back 1938 and ‘1984’
2021 changes to Mexico’s Hydrocarbon Law are expressions of state power through legal reforms, and are exceptionally alarming. Continue Reading
Mexico & Latin America
The coming confrontation: Mexico and the U.S. on a collision course on trade
The Biden–López Obrador relationship has not been easy, and emerging trade issues are about to make it worse. Continue Reading
Is there a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border?
The current situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is neither a unique crisis nor the result (yet) of President Biden’s policy changes. Tony Payan explains why. Continue Reading
Relaunching U.S.-Mexico Relations: The Challenges Ahead
The virtual meeting this week between President Joe Biden and Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador replayed many of the same themes that have long cut through the binational relationship. There is much to be done, and Mexico will have to do the heavy lifting when it comes to almost every single item on the table. Continue Reading
The United States and Mexico: A new chapter in the binational relationship?
Is Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a Trump fan, capable of the making the profound changes needed to build a new and different relationship with the U.S.? Continue Reading
There is more to Mexico than Pemex
The oil boom in the 1970s and early 1980s and the resulting social and economic crisis left policymakers with valuable lessons that, considering today’s conversation around the role of the oil industry in Mexico, should not be overlooked. Continue Reading
Mexico’s ‘new normal’
President López Obrador was skeptical of the coronavirus threat and ignored the recommendations of his own health experts. He downplayed the crisis and relied on his intuition instead of science, with disastrous results. He will be even more distracted in the coming months as he campaigns for re-election. Continue Reading