Opinion

Biden and AMLO know what is essential: that Mexico and the United States are tied so tightly together that the only solution is to learn how to live together.

We all lost something with the death of Alex. But I never heard a more heartbreaking cry than my mother's, at night, sitting on the edge of her bed, after a long day of condolences.

Maximum pressure failed in Venezuela. For as untrustworthy and criminally depraved as the Maduro government may be, absent the use of U.S. military power to effect regime change, continued international pressure to get the government and the opposition to a negotiating table is the only recourse the international community has, if it wants to address the devastating humanitarian crisis Maduro and Co. have wrought.

The United States is an increasingly diverse country. By 2044, perhaps before, the non-Hispanic white population will no longer be the majority. Unfortunately, part of the U.S. population views that growing diversity as an imminent threat.

The opposition has done everything possible to remove the Maduro dictatorship but nothing has worked. It's necessary therefore that the 2024 presidential elections be supervised by international organizations. (Leer en español)

"Employers of all kinds are not paying Latinas equitably, and they all need to be called out. No matter what way the data is sliced and diced, Latinas working in every sector and in every industry, regardless of education level, are being paid dramatically less than their white male counterparts. 54 cents to the dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic male workers was the average for all Latinas with reported earnings in 2021".

AMLO is a strong president. But when he leaves office in 2024 his legacy will be a divided, polarized and violent country.

The support among Latino voters for immigrant rights stretches well beyond Mexican Americans and Democrats. But many in the Republican Party seem ready to give Donald Trump another try.

Former Vice President Mike Pence had his differences with President Donald Trump but he kept them private out of a deep sense of loyalty. But that's over now.

Following a series of scandals the DEA needs to be made more accountable in the foreign policy hierarchy. Ambassadors should have more say.