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El presidente del Diálogo Interamericano participó en el programa de NTN24 Club de Prensa con Gustau Alegret, donde discutió temas como la nueva Guardia Nacional de México, la designación de Gustavo Tarre como representante de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela ante la OEA y la situación de hiperinflación que vive Venezuela.
Regulators and private companies will continue to play important roles in the development of Mexico’s energy resources despite President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s focus on strengthening state-owned companies and enhancing “energy sovereignty” by reducing dependence on energy imports from the United States. This was the key message from speakers at “La nueva política energética de México,” an Inter-American Dialogue event in Mexico City.
The U.S. president needs to keep cooperating closely with Mexico, steer clear of any military action in Venezuela and refrain from bullying his partners and allies in the region.
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El presidente Donald Trump amenaza con cerrar la frontera con México si el presidente de ese país, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, no detiene de inmediato la inmigración ilegal. Manuel Orozco habló con CNN Español sobre la decisión de Trump.
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In a wide-ranging panel about current events in energy, Lisa Viscidi commented on the shift in the US energy trade balance and its effects on foreign policy, Chinese financing for foreign energy projects, the importance of upgrading transmission lines for expanding renewable power generation, and how the Green New Deal attempts to reframe the discussion on climate change in the US.
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Michael Shifter, presidente del Diálogo Interamericano, participó en el programa Foro Interamericano de la Voz de América donde analizo con Gonzalo Abarca el estadio actual de la libertad de expresión y los avances y retrocesos de la región en materia de las relaciones entre la prensa y los gobiernos.
How much are political variables and uncertainty under a new president affecting Mexico’s economy?
¿Cuáles son las razones detrás de las huelgas de los trabajadores, y habrá más conflictos laborales en los próximos meses?
¿Cómo se compara la postura de López Obrador hacia su vecino del norte con la de presidentes mexicanos anteriores?
How does López Obrador’s posture toward his northern neighbor compare to that of past Mexican presidents?
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AMLO’s skepticism of private investment, the cancellation of generation and transmission auctions, and the return to state-led electricity development through bolstering of the CFE threaten to squander Mexico’s renewable potential and drag its clean development efforts backwards.
¿Cuál es el camino más probable hacia la aprobación del USMCA?
What is the outlook and most-likely timeline for advancing USMCA in the 116th Congress?
Few neighbors have such deep and wide-ranging ties as the United States and Mexico. Both countries are bound not only by geography, but also through economic, security and social connections. Despite these strong connections—or perhaps because of them—the bilateral relationship is subject to strong pressures coming from domestic politics in both countries.
Electric mobility would bring a host of benefits to Latin America. Countries like Chile are taking the lead in adopting electric buses and promoting private use of electric vehicles. Yet hefty price tags and a lack of charging infrastructure are among the barriers that must be surmounted for widespread uptake in the region.
