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Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 2:28 PMJorge G. Castañeda for Project Syndicate

MEXICO CITY: Aggressive anti-immigrant policies have been a hallmark of US President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House, and this appears unlikely to change in 2026. A growing number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...

Published:Wednesday | June 12, 2024 | 10:18 AMJorge G. Castañeda for Project Syndicate

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s elections delivered numerous surprises but few certainties. Claudia Sheinbaum, a protégé of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO), won in a landslide, defeating her...

Published:Wednesday | December 29, 2021 | 8:40 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, Jorge G. Castañeda for Project Syndicate

MEXICO CITY: Chile has long been something of a bellwether in Latin America. So, when Chilean voters elected the left-wing Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student leader, as president on Sunday, the rest of Latin America wanted to know: What...

Published:Tuesday | April 6, 2021 | 10:17 PMJorge G. Castañeda for Project Syndicate

MEXICO CITY – With the United States beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, a deep economic recession, and heightened racial tensions, many observers predicted – some in hope, others resignedly – that the 2020 elections would bring about...

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