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Los Angeles chosen to host Summit of the Americas, a key gathering of region’s leaders
U.S. President Biden will meet with Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other leaders from the Western Hemisphere in June in Los Angeles as part of the Summit of the Americas. By Tracy Wilkinson | LATimes | JAN. 18, 2022 | Photo credit: ... -
Too many qualified students are shut out of UC, CSU. A new study offers some ...
UCLA is the most applied-to university in the nation. Tens of thousands of eligible students are being shut out of UC and CSU — and the state can no longer meet its promise of a UC and Cal State education for them. By Teresa Watanabe | LATimes | DEC. 15, ... -
A top university in Mexico becomes a battleground over academic freedom
Students are camping out at the Mexico City campus of the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, a public institution known as the CIDE. Story and Photo Credit by Leila Miller / LATimes | DEC. 15, 2021 MEXICO CITY — For the last 17 days, dozens of students have turned one ... -
Mexican migrants will break record in sending remittances in 2021
Mexican migrants will break an 18-year record in sending remittances, according to a report by the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies; however, experts highlight that the purchasing power with that money was lower, because in 2020 the dollar had a higher price in Mexico compared to 2021 by Jesus ... -
The Demographic and Economic Impacts of DACA Recipients: Fall 2021 Edition
By Nicole Prchal Svajlenka and Trinh Truong Nearly 600,000 DACA recipients live across the United States, raise 300,000 U.S.-citizen children, and pay $9.4 billion in taxes each year. In 2012, the Obama administration created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to protect certain young undocumented immigrants from deportation. ... -
Mexico on the Rebound
By Swarnali Hannan and Kevin WisemanIMF Western Hemisphere Department November 8, 2021 Mexico’s economy is rebounding from its steepest recession in decades. Raising productivity and tackling poverty remain key challenges. Manufacturing and exports are above pre-pandemic levels, services are re-opening, and employment is recovering. However, the pandemic has taken a severe toll ... -
Biden's leadership will enhance relations with Mexico and Canada
By: Earl Anthony Wayne, The Hill ~ Nov. 12, 2020 A Biden administration can be expected to put U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada relations back into a strategic framework for solving problems and strengthening long-term cooperation. This would include pursuing a more consistent approach to Mexico and Canada, less driven by individual ... -
Mexico emerging as a foreign policy challenge for Biden
BY: RAFAEL BERNAL , THE HILL – NOV. 9, 2020 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has refused to recognize the results of the U.S. presidential election, foreshadowing an early foreign policy challenge for President-elect Joe Biden. López Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, said Monday his government will ... -
Open Letter to Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador and Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard
By Profesor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, President and Founder of The California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc. – June 25, 2020 Read this article in Spanish here With all due respect, I am writing to give you some advice: Do not come to meet with the nefarious and racist President Donald Trump for any ... -
Trump will meet with AMLO to discuss trade agreement
By: Lorena Ríos and Michael O'Boyle ~ Bloomberg ~ June 24, 2020 (Bloomberg) - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he will most likely meet with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump soon to promote his new trade deal, as well as thanking him for sending respirators to Mexico. López Obrador ...