The matter of freedom of expression polarizes Mexican society. For some, beginning with the President, one now breathes an air of freedom without compare. And, of course, there is no doubt that President López Obrador employs and exploits his pulpit fully and freely. For others, however, the way that the President leads is nothing other than by the permanent intimidation of those whom he terms “adversaries,” writes Dr. Luis Rubio

As the United States catches up with internal vaccination goals, continued aggressive production and distribution by the United States of vaccines throughout the Western Hemisphere is the next logical public health action, writes Samuel Stratton.

The coronavirus didn’t stop at international boundaries—and neither should the vaccine, writes Michael Camuñez.

In Latin America, while the Trump administration whistled against the winds of global change, the Biden team needs to see that the days of dictating policy there are over, writes Abraham Lowenthal.

Mexico’s new Electricity Law appears to contravene provisions of several Mexican trade agreements, including the USMCA, opening the door to bilateral conflict, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.

From Honduras to Mexico and back, migrant caravaners’ quest for both immediate safety and some kind of future for their families has put them in the media spotlight, but too often the coverage plays into the political theatrics that burden their fates and compounds their miseries, writes Ada Trillo.

More than 25 years after NAFTA was enacted, Mexico has improved in innumerable aspects, but its essential challenges—poverty, regional inequality, a bad justice system, wholesale violence and criminality, and an incompetent government—remain there as always, writes Luis Rubio.

The approval of a new national security law in Mexico promises to disrupt security cooperation between Mexico and the United States, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.

Pacific Council member Cassie Hermiston-Boyd interviews Mexican Consul General in LA Marcela Celorio about the future of the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship.

Unlike the recent U.S. election, in which institutions adhered to the rules of the game, in Mexico there are no institutions that can resist the pounding and not enough officials who are willing to make them stand, writes Luis Rubio.