Mexico
An Analysis of Ruling Mexican Party’s New Leadership
Mexican political party Morena’s new leadership does not represent an ideological renewal, but rather a reorganization of internal control ahead of the 2027 midterm elections. Ariadna Montiel, the new party president, brings…
A Brief Analysis of Mexico’s Security Situation
In recent weeks, several developments related to national security, organized crime, and political tensions have escalated significantly in Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua, Guerrero, and Sinaloa. These events…
Mexico’s Judicial Reform 2.0: Democratic Accountability or Institutional Centralization?
Executive Summary Mexico’s 2026 constitutional amendments concerning judicial elections represent far more than a technical correction to the Judicial Reform enacted in 2024. While government officials have framed the…
Sheinbaum’s Speech Signals an Important Shift in Policy
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s speech of May 31 represented an important shift in Mexico’s diplomatic tone toward the United States. Although the defense of national sovereignty is a legitimate position for any…
Claudia Sheinbaum Leads Mexico into Confrontation
Her government is now on a collision course with both the United States and with basic Mexican democratic civics. It’s easy to feel sorry for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has the misfortune of presiding over the…
America’s War in the Americas
Because of the Trump Administration, the U.S. finally has a strategy. The footage was grainy and imprecise, the black-and-white nighttime combat visuals to which Americans have become accustomed over the past generation.…
America Gets Serious About Cartels. Will Mexico?
President Claudia Sheinbaum shrugs as two CIA officers are killed in Chihuahua. Deaths in Mexico’s modern cartel wars are nothing unusual: The sanguinary toll of nearly 20 years of bloodshed, of state vs. criminals vs.…
Drug Cartel Slaughters Mexican Soldiers After Deadly Raid Against Kingpin
Members of drug cartel Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) killed 25 Mexican National Guard members across six attacks after the country’s special forces killed the cartel’s leader, the Associated Press (AP) reported…
Mexico Is Acting Like an Adversary to the U.S.
Nearly all political sentiment for the past decade has been mediated through the lens of prior reaction to Donald Trump. Those who like the American president, or at least aren’t fixated on him, tend to give his actions in…
To Resolve Biden’s Border Crisis, Red States Need To Require All Police To Help Deport Illegals
Every law enforcement agency in every red state should take part in the 287(g) program. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently arrested more than 1,500 illegal aliens, including sexual predators and fugitives, in…
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