New #LatAmFocus: Can Rodrigo Paz Unearth Bolivia’s Lithium Potential? Texas A&M’s Diego von Vacano talks to ASCOA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social about the history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president. 🎧 Listen: ow.ly/e5y050Xr1uX

LatAm in Focus: Can Rodrigo Paz Unearth Bolivia's Lithium Potential?

Texas A&M's Diego von Vacano traces a history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president.

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On June 26, Trump backed a remittance tax in the "big, beautiful bill," saying it will help fund the wall. But the 3.5% tax could lead migrants, scared to share migration status, to find other ways to send money home, weakening financial transparency, CEMLA's René Maldonado told me in #LatAmFocus 🎙️

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New #LatAmFocus: How a U.S. Tax Could Hit Latin American Remittances Will a new levy slow the flow of funds to Latin America? AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social speaks with René Maldonado of CEMLA about shifting remittance trends in the region. 🎧 Listen: ow.ly/jrv750Wh4CX

😮Did you know that when Mexico's first congresswoman took office in 1958, women still weren't able vote in a national election? 🇲🇽 @carinzissis.bsky.social‬ reflects upon Aurora Jiménez de Palacios' legacy for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...

She Was Mexico’s First, Forgotten Congresswoman | Essay

Aurora Jiménez’s Story Illuminates the Country’s Larger Struggle for Women’s Political Rights, Power, and Equity

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🇲🇽 President Sheinbaum headed to 🇨🇦 Mon for G7, where she's expected to hold a bilateral mtg with 🇺🇸 Trump Tues PM. This is her 3rd trip abroad since she became president in Oct: 🇧🇷the G20 in Brazil, Nov 2024 🇭🇳the CELAC summit, Honduras in Apr 2025 🇨🇦G7 in Canada now www.reforma.com/viaja-sheinb...

Viaja Sheinbaum con más frecuencia al extranjero que AMLO

En menos de un año, la Presidenta CSP ha viajado a tres giras al extranjero, lo cual contrasta con los pocos viajes realizados por AMLO.

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Come join us in DC for this conversation on June 12. All you have to do is register at: www.as-coa.org/amazon

Book Talk: How to Save the Amazon by Dom Phillips

Join us June 12 in Washington as collaborators who helped complete the late journalist's manuscript examine his life and book.

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Americas Society/Council of the Americas@ascoa.bsky.social · last yr.

New speaker added! NYT's @stephanienolen.bsky.social will join Alessandra Sampaio @andrew.intercept.com.br @carinzissis.bsky.social for a book talk on "How to Save the Amazon" by Dom Phillips and collaborators. 🗓️June 12 at 6pm, reception to follow. 📍1615 L St, NW, DC Register: www.as-coa.org/amazon

🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin: - Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela - Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard - Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.

On June 1, Mexico held unprecedented direct elections for judges and magistrates. From candidate totals to voter turnout, AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social explains the voting day in six facts and figures: ow.ly/8Nfr50W2Yf8

Six Facts to Understand Mexico's 2025 Judicial Elections

From candidate totals to voter turnout, learn about the country’s unprecedented election.

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On the anniversary of Mexico's election of President Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the position, @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects on the history—and paradox—of women's political power in the country. zps.la/4juaSlE

She Was Mexico’s First, Forgotten Congresswoman | Essay

Aurora Jiménez’s Story Illuminates the Country’s Larger Struggle for Women’s Political Rights, Power, and Equity

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Aurora Jiménez became Mexico's first congresswoman in 1954 due to a special election and before 🇲🇽 women even got to participate in a national vote. For @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, I cover her unlikely rise to power 70 yrs before MX's first presidenta. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...

She Was Mexico’s First, Forgotten Congresswoman | Essay

Aurora Jiménez’s Story Illuminates the Country’s Larger Struggle for Women’s Political Rights, Power, and Equity

zocalopublicsquare.org

“To speak of a country with more than a hundred and twenty-seven thousand disappeared people is to question democracy itself,” María de Vecchi Gerli, who leads the Truth and Memory Program at the human-rights group Article 19. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Mexican President Who’s Facing Off with Trump

Can Claudia Sheinbaum manage the demands from D.C.—and her own country’s fragile democracy?

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"As we approach the Cristero Rebellion’s centennial in 2026, we will likely see more attempts to equate Morena with the socialism and anti-clericalism of the 1920s and ’30s...to mobilize Catholics in opposition." www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...

The Long Shadow of Mexico’s War Over Catholicism

A century ago, the Cristero war pitted Catholics against the state—and left a lasting impact on the country’s left, still visible today.

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Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas are surging, kindling fears that the Trump administration could weaponize this trade. - vía @nytimes.com

Mexico’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Could Be Its Achilles’ Heel

Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas are surging, kindling fears that the Trump administration could weaponize this trade.

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A film that takes place where you’re from

a man says i 'm the guy who does his job while standing next to another man

ALT: a man says i 'm the guy who does his job while standing next to another man

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Laura Martínez 🥑@miblogestublog.bsky.social · last yr.

A film that takes place where you're from

‘Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?” @jennykleeman.bsky.social

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

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BREAKNG: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from ending "temporary protected status" for 350,000 Venezuelan nationals — which was slated to expire next week. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Can Mexico build a national care system covering care for children, people with disabilities, the elderly—and the caretakers themselves? This is a great piece by @carinzissis.bsky.social on a regional movement to revalue "care," one that could be yet another LatAm model the US can learn from.

In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum

A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.

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A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources. Can Mexico get there? @carinzissis.bsky.social writes:

In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum

A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.

worldpoliticsreview.com

🇲🇽 At the heart of unpaid care work in Mexico lies a paradox: The labor sustains the economy, even as it creates barriers to women joining the workforce. I cover Mexico's gender workforce gap and push for a national care system in @wpr.bsky.social: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/mexico-care-...

In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum

A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.

worldpoliticsreview.com

📢 The Role of Latin American Women in Advancing Human Rights 🌎✊ In this article in the @latamprog.bsky.social, @wilsoncenter.org Fellow @carinzissis.bsky.social explores the historical contributions of #LatinAmerican women to the #humanrights movement​ 📖 www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...

How Latin American Women Shaped Human Rights

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Hillary Clinton declared "Women's rights are human rights" at the 1995 Beijing Conf. But Latin American women helped enshrine the concept in the UN Charter 50 years before—and over US objections. For #8M #WomensHistoryMonth, I write for @latamprog.bsky.social: www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...

How Latin American Women Shaped Human Rights

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2 sides, 1 coin: On same day Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexico go into effect, 🇲🇽's lawsuit against 🇺🇸 gun makers lands in the US Supreme Court. 🇺🇸 declared MX org crime groups terrorist orgs and says fentanyl is cause for tariffs, even as illicit 🇺🇸 guns arm crime groups. www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/mexi...

Mexico’s suit against U.S. gun makers comes before Supreme Court - SCOTUSblog

Just two weeks after the Trump administration designated six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Mexico will come to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in its effort to hold U.S. gun makers ...

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Just as 🇲🇽 Security Chief García Harfuch is in DC for talks, Mexico reveals that it has extradited 29 organized crime group members to the 🇺🇸, including Caro Quintero www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/desde...

Desde Caro, “Los Zetas”, “Los Chapitos” y hasta el CJNG; ellos son los 29 narcos extraditados de México a EU | El Universal

De acuerdo con fuentes federales, entre los extraditados se encuentran el capo mexicano Rafael Caro Quintero, así como los fundadores de “Los Zetas”

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"In discussions so far, American officials have delivered vague ultimatums and unclear policy demands that Mexico dismantle the cartels or face the full force of Washington’s power...leading to confusion among Mexican officials." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...

Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels

A Mexican delegation will meet in Washington on Thursday to finalize a security deal, as White House officials debate a strategy for fighting cartels and stemming the flow of drugs across the border.

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Mexican President Sheinbaum announced that Security Sec Harfuch & Econ Sec Ebrard are expected to head to 🇺🇸 this week to hold 🇲🇽's first cabinet-level meetings with Trump admin. The White House has set a March 1 deadline to impost 25% tariffs on 🇲🇽 elpais.com/mexico/2025-...

Harfuch y Ebrard, los representantes de México en las primeras reuniones con la Administración de Trump

Sheinbaum espera que se celebren dos encuentros esta semana sobre Comercio y Seguridad, con la amenaza de los aranceles como telón de fondo

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Who is being sent to Guantanamo? “According to US fed court records, 2 of them had no crimes on their records except for illegal entry. The 3rd had picked up an additional charge while in detention, for kicking an officer while being restrained during a riot.” www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/i...

U.S. claims migrants held at Guantanamo are “worst of the worst.” Their families say otherwise.

The Trump administration has flown about 100 immigrants from El Paso to Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune identified nearly a dozen of them and spoke to relatives of three of them.

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👵🏼🇲🇽Mexico is growing old—and fast. Its demographic bonus ends with Sheinbaum's presidency and the number of elderly Mexicans who need care will triple by 2050. Is the country ready for the challenge? My latest for Americas Quarterly: www.americasquarterly.org/article/mexi...

Mexico Is Growing Old. Can It Build a Care System in Time?

The country’s demographic bonus ends with Sheinbaum’s presidency, offering a chance to rethink care and close workforce gender gaps.

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Los arrestos de ciudadanos estadounidenses por delitos relacionados con cárteles en México se dispararon bajo el gobierno de López Obrador #NarcoUSA The Guardian retomando el reportaje de @pajaropolitico.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Arrests of US citizens for cartel-related crimes in Mexico soared under Amlo

Sixfold rise from days of Peña Nieto suggests Americans have increasingly become pawns for drug gangs, study finds

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“Politics becomes like a soccer match in which the referees, the groundskeepers, and the scorekeepers work for one team to sabotage its rival.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The Path to American Authoritarianism

What comes after democratic breakdown.

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The new Corruption Perceptions Index is out. The US dropped 4 spots...and that was before Trump administration decided to pause enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024/... www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/t...

2024 Corruption Perceptions Index - Explore United States’s results

How does United States measure up in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index?

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🍓🥦 91% of 🇲🇽 women agricultural workers don't get social security. Only 3% have work contracts. "US supermarkets get fresh fruits & vegetables because there is a chain of labor that starts in Mexican fields, and a big part of that labor falls to women." mujeres.expansion.mx/actualidad/2....