MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said Tuesday that it expects to increase crude-oil production in the final months of the year, which will allow it to match 2011’s output of 2.55 million barrels a day on average and to avoid an eighth-straight year of declining oil output.via RIGZONE – Pemex Boosts Crude-Oil Output to Try and Break 7-Year...
Read Moremmigrants founded America hundreds of years ago, coming to the promised land in search of freedom and opportunity, in pursuit of the American dream.Today, many Americans see immigrants as a danger to that dream.They worry that immigrants are taking their jobs, using government services and changing the country’s national identity. The average American believes that 39% of the U.S. population was born abroad. The real figure is 13%, still the highest level since 1920.via Immigration lessons for the U.S. from around the world – Global Public Square – CNN.com...
Read MoreA striking feature of the presidential debate on foreign policy was the total lack of attention given to Latin America –notably the drug violence wracking our next door neighbor, Mexico. Nearly 60,000 people have perished since 2006 in the Mexican government’s military-led offensive against the country’s powerful, ruthless drug cartels. But while President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both obsessed about the Middle East, they virtually ignored Washington’s relations with our southern neighbors. After a brief observation from Romney near the start of the debate that the region offered important – and neglected – economic opportunities for the United States, both candidates quickly abandoned the Western Hemisphere.via Why is Mexico drug war being ignored? – Global Public Square – CNN.com...
Read MoreMEXICO Mexico might seem a surprising choice on a list of success stories, given the horrific drug violence that has killed more than 50,000 people in the past six years, but what gets much less attention is the country’s economic boom. Growth exceeded even that of much-ballyhooed Brazil last year. More than 700,000 new jobs were created in Mexico in 2010 as factories exported record quantities of appliances, challenging China for a share of the U.S. market. Inflation and debt levels are low, and for the first time in years, net migration to the United States has fallen to zero in 2012, and may have even reversed. U.S. politicians still mostly focus on Mexico as a source of drugs and immigrants, but with Mexico contending to replace China as America’s second-largest trade partner after Canada, it may be time for the United States to start thinking of its southern neighbor as a source of customers and jobs instead.via These 7 Countries – by Joshua E. Keating | Foreign...
Read MoreRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s peace-through-strength foreign policy would most likely be a throwback to President George W. Bush’s cowboy diplomacy, but we have to give him credit for one thing: he is focusing on Latin America as a land of opportunities.via Commentary: Romney shows some focus on Latin America –...
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