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December 16, 2011
Economics
Economic Ties Between the United States and Mexico
A truck of the Mexican company Olympics bearing Mexican and U.S. flags approaches the border crossing into the U.S., in Laredo (Courtesy Reuters). It is worth reading the Woodrow Wilson Center Mexic…
May 8, 2012
Immigration and Migration
Discussing Mexico’s and Brazil’s Economic Outlook
This morning, I did an interview with Ken Prewitt and Tom Keene on Bloomberg Radio. Always lively hosts, we talked mostly about most about Mexico—its economic prospects, its security situation, and t…
November 15, 2011
Defense and Security
Human Rights Abuses in Mexico’s Drug War
Photographs of missing people are on display at a square in Queretaro (Courtesy Reuters). Last Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its report “Neither Rights Nor Security: Killings, Torture…
August 24, 2011
Immigration and Migration
Myths and Realities of U.S.-Mexico Border Spillover Effects
A customs officer is handed a passport by a motorist at the San Ysidro border crossing (Fred Greaves/Courtesy Reuters). The U.S. debates over Mexico’s drug war increasingly focus on spillover violen…
January 20, 2016
Mexico
Are Soda Taxes an Answer in the Fight Against Obesity? A Progress Report From Mexico
In 2014, Mexico, which has a higher rate of adult obesity than the United States, became one of the first countries to implement a nationwide soda tax. Dr. Juan Rivera of the National Institutes of P…
