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The Monitor's View: Immigration bill and Obama's trip to Mexico: Why the two are linked
President Obama's trip to Mexico will help better integrate the two economies. And a piece of the Senate immigration-reform bill focuses on integrating the mainly Mexican population of undocumented immigrants. Each country must respect the other's sensitivities on these two integrations.
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The ties that bind: Obama travels to Mexico (+video)
Shared issues of border security, the economy, and immigration will likely dominate the conversation between President Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico this week.
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Can Latin America resist a return to its populist past?
The interventionist role of the military has mostly disappeared in Latin America. But the temptation of populist politics is greater than ever in some countries, while others are resisting the short-term demands of voters in favor of the long-term sustainability of society. Here's a look at six countries.
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Global News Blog What's behind Mexico's silence on immigration debate?
Mexico has a lot at stake, but its government says it does not want to interfere in the domestic decisions of the US.
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Opinion: Enrique Peña Nieto's 'economy first' strategy for Mexico would also help US
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto, who took office on Saturday, wants to put the economy first, which will require addressing the onslaught of the narco mafia in a very different way from his predecessor. This new approach has great potential for Mexico. The US should embrace it.
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Energy Voices Natural gas: Why are export terminal permits necessary?
Holland explains the story behind why the Department of Energy needs to approve the building of export terminals for liquified natural gas.
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Opinion: No mandate for either Mitt Romney or President Obama (+ video)
Mitt Romney and President Obama want a strong mandate from voters to support their governing approach. They won't get it. Given the enormity of America's challenges, it might not be such a bad thing if the winner of this election emerged with humility instead of hubris.
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Latin America Monitor Will Obama and Romney broach Latin America in tonight's debate?
From Hezbollah and Iran in the Americas to free trade agreements, Romney and Obama could discuss an array of important regional topics during tonight's final debate. But will they?
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Latin America Monitor View from Mexico: The presidential debate on immigration
On the eve of the first US presidential debate, Mexicans weigh in on where President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney stand on immigration – and offer policy proposals of their own.
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The New Economy Candidates indulge in China-bashing. But it's a distraction, not a solution.
Every presidential election seems to create a foreign bogeyman. But China in 2012 is no more a threat than NAFTA in 1996.
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Latin America Monitor What are Mitt Romney's foreign policy goals in Latin America?
Romney has highlighted policy issues in Latin America ranging from Iran's influence in the region to security problems in Mexico. How much do his views differ from those of Obama and Bush?
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Mexican presidential election: Why the left is struggling.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the presidential candidate from Mexico's leftist party, is facing an uphill battle for the presidency due to his controversial past and Mexico's unique political history.
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As tide of illegal immigrants goes home, will US economy suffer?
The illegal immigrant boom has fizzled; and as Mexican migrants go home, the question is whether it will drain the labor pool and hurt the US economy.
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Go easy on free trade as top security concern
Obama and Romney see trade as the main issue in foreign policy, which helps explain why three free-trade pacts just passed Congress. But trade isn't always a matter of security. Its main purpose is creating wealth and expanding the economic pie.
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Why Congress is now ready to OK three long-stalled trade agreements
The House and Senate are poised Wednesday to approve three trade agreements, crafted during the Bush administration, with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia. They'll be the first big trade pacts since NAFTA in 1993.
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Congress finally gets it: Free trade is good for America
Despite negative public opinion about open trade, Congress is poised to approve delayed free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia. The deals will help the US economy by increasing exports and supporting and creating tens of thousands of jobs.
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Stalled free trade deals now on a fast track, White House says
Three free trade deals – with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia – will be signed, sealed, and delivered by the middle of next week, predicts White House Chief of Staff William Daley. For Washington, that would be fast work.
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What can Congress do to create jobs? Five Republican proposals.
Amid worries that the economy may be tipping toward a second recession, both Republicans and Democrats say creating jobs is their top priority. But the two parties are far apart on their approaches. Democrats favor targeted stimulus – investments in infrastructure, clean energy, and education – while hiking taxes on corporations and the rich to fund this jobs spending. Republicans aim to curb government regulation and cut taxes to give businesses and individuals more incentive to invest. Here are the Republicans' top five priorities.
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The Open Government Partnership – a new direction for US foreign policy?
The new US- and Brazil-led initiative to encourage government transparency could provide the US another means to promote democracy and free trade.
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US and Mexico resolve trucking dispute, but how will it affect US roads?
Security experts differ on whether tractor-trailer truck safety breaches within Mexico will mean the problem will spill over into the United States.
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Landmark US-Mexico trucking agreement resolves 15-year conflict
After years of wrangling, US and Mexican officials signed an agreement Wednesday that allows trucks from each nation to travel on the other country’s highways – a key provision of NAFTA.
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Cost of US 'free' trade: collapse of two centuries of broadly shared prosperity
A reckless free-trade policy is destroying America's jobs machine. We must return to a policy of strategic, not unconditional, economic openness.
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Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher passes at 85
Christopher served as Secretary of State during Bill Clinton's first term and was an architect of the 1995 Bosnian peace accords.
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Mexican trucks to ply US highways? Obama is ready to roll.
President Obama on Thursday laid out a plan to allow trucks from Mexico to carry goods into America. Concern about safety of Mexican trucks have nixed such transport for decades.
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Obama to US companies: Time to hire and invest is now
Obama's speech Monday to US Chamber of Commerce outlined plans to encourage innovation and business investment. But he also urged US companies to get off sidelines and 'invest in America.'
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