The Obama administration announced it would require arms dealers in Southwest border states to report on multiple sales of certain assault rifles. The move, designed to help slow arms trafficking to Mexico, will likely face legal challenges.
After approving NAFTA in 1994, the United States continued to restrict Mexican truckers’ ability to cross the border. A bilateral agreement signed July 6 seeks to put the dispute to rest.
As U.S. states tussle with the federal government over who has the authority to enforce immigration law, Latin American governments’ protests grow louder.
This AS/COA roundtable sought to raise awareness of the security challenges faced by human rights groups, migrants, and journalists in Mexico and steps to address their safety.
The former Mexican foreign secretary and book's author explored obstacles to Mexico's advancement and how to change the country's institutions and attitudes to achieve success.
With Dominique Strauss-Kahn gone, Latin Americanists eye non-European picks to head the International Monetary Fund.
Mexico's Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa traveled to Washington April 29 for a security summit. While the two countries investigate next steps in the bilateral fight against transnational crime, Mexico faces illicit arms trafficking across both its northern and southern borders.