MEXICO CITY: In El Salvador, for the first time ever in Latin America, a former political-military organization that tried to gain power through the barrel of a gun has achieved its aims through the ballot box. Although the Sandinista Front in (...)
MEXICO CITY: This month, Mexico's Felipe Calderón celebrates his second anniversary as president. Calderón took office in December 2006 under adverse circumstances. Elected with 35 percent of the vote, he lacked a majority in Congress, and the (...)
MEXICO CITY: Although many Americans believe immigration is a domestic issue that should be excluded from talks with other governments, this is not a view held by other nations - or by the United States. Indeed, the US negotiated its first (...)
MEXICO CITY: Not long after I took office as Mexico's foreign minister in 2001, a novel problem came across my desk. An Argentine naval officer who had resettled in Mexico under an assumed name was wanted by Spain on charges of genocide, torture, (...)