EPA National Advisory Committee presents Advice Letter to Administrator Regan; Carey to share findings with Environmental Ministers in Canada, US, and Mexico. National Advisory Committee presented their advice letter to the EPA Administrator on climate adaptation challenges. The National Advisory Committee (NAC) to the U.S. Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, will present advice resulting from their 59th meeting held on May 18, 2023, in El Paso, Texas, about ways to empower communities to address climate adaptation challenges. Advice includes best practices, strategies, and tools that could be developed to empower minority, low-income, tribal, and indigenous communities; engaging residents in identifying and implementing solutions that address their unique needs and vulnerabilities; empowering residents with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to identify and implement solutions to address the impacts of climate change; and building partnerships with organizations and agencies that specialize in climate adaptation. Today, these findings will be shared at the Tri-lateral meeting of the Environmental leaders of Canada, United States, and Mexico. The meeting is being held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Andy Carey, BPP Executive Director, is the current Chair of the National Advisory Committee (NAC) and will present the findings and recommendations to members of the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) led by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). For more information, contact Andy Carey. |
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BPP partners with Candid to provide access to fundraising resources for nonprofit organizations at 5 locations along the border. Resources include in-person access to Foundation Directory Online, the most complete tool for grantseekers looking for funding from U.S.-based grantmakers. UDEM in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Centro de Formación Social in Cd. Obregón, Sonora, Fundación Paso del Norte in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership in San Diego, CA, and soon at UABC in Mexicali, Baja California, are the new locations of the Funding Information Network, where local nonprofit organizations have public free access to: GuideStar, a comprehensive nonprofit research tool where community members can easily find local nonprofits where they can donate, work, or volunteer; connect those in need to resources they rely on, such as food banks or shelters and access 2 million+ nonprofits; Foundation Directory helps nonprofits find funding faster, with more than 242,000 grantmakers; and find Grants to Individuals to search for grantmakers who fund scholarships, fellowships, and student aid. All BPP members at the Institutional level and above already have virtual access to these resources. Request access here. This program is funded in part by Fundación de Beneficencia Jesús M. Montemayor. |
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The BPP is pleased to welcome the newest members and renewing members to the BPP community:
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Next steps for immigration. By Morgan Smith. The time is flying by in terms of border and immigration issues and there is much to be done but are we ready – either in Mexico or the United States? Or will the frenzy of upcoming election years in both countries make progress impossible? In Mexico, President Andrés Manual López Obrador (AMLO) is more than half way through his six year term. Claudia Sheinbaum has resigned her position as the mayor of Mexico City in order to run for president in 2024 as a member of AMLO’s party, Morena, is the favorite at the moment and would be the first woman president. Marcelo Ebrard has now resigned his position as foreign minister. Also a member of Morena, he will be a tough opponent for Sheinbaum. Their focus will be the economy, improving a wretched health care system, and dealing with... (read more)
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“From the proverbial mountaintop to the valley of the shadow of death in an instant”: Ten days of migrant ministry with Sr. Norma Pimentel. Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., CEO of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and a speaker at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice, is a modern prophetic voice uplifting the rights and dignity of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. Ten days of her recent ministry highlight both the triumphs and the difficulties involved in ministry to migrants. On April 26, 2023, Sr. Norma Pimentel was honored by Pope Francis at the Vatican as she joined a delegation of Catholic Extension to highlight the role of women in the Church. The Holy Father praised her “for her service to the many men, women, and... (read more)
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LatAm in focus: Empowering North American goals. In collaboration with the U.S.-Mexico Foundation, USMF’s Enrique Perret interviews AS/COA’s Susan Segal about how to achieve North American objectives. In a world struggling with geopolitical uncertainty, how can North America offer a secure environment and economic stability? In this episode, conducted in collaboration with the U.S.-Mexico Foundation (USMF), we explore the answer to this question and more. USMF Managing Director Enrique Perret interviews AS/COA CEO and President Susan Segal about how Canada, Mexico, and the United States can build on 30 years of free-trade ties to drive exponential trade growth through nearshoring. “We have to think about it in terms of... (read more)
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The woman saving trans lives at the US-Mexico border: ‘Why would I turn my back on them?’ The shelter Susana ‘Susy’ Barrales runs in Tijuana has become a destination for trans women fleeing persecution and looking for support and healthcare. Susana “Susy” Barrales cuts a dash in downtown Tijuana, exchanging hellos with neighbors, friends and acquaintances whenever she heads out from her modest office, where the walls are adorned with framed awards from local government entities praising her advocacy work. The shelter she runs in the city on the Mexico border with California has become a destination for many from other Mexican cities and countries in Central America, and beyond, who hear about it on the migration grapevine. Her niche is using her own experiences to help transgender women who are fleeing... (read more) |
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Little Birds: Messages from migrant children at the Mexican border. From a shelter in northern Mexico, seven children share their hopes and dreams for the future. Across the world, more people than ever before have been forced from home as refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people. In Mexico, the majority of people seeking safety are from Central American countries like Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala—countries facing gang violence that is so severe, it’s on par with warzones in other countries where MSF works. In addition to violence, poverty and climate disasters are also driving forces behind migration. People on the move across the region include many families with young children. One in three migrants detained in... (read more)
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Grand Opening of the new Emmett and Miriam McCoy Building at the Museum of the Big Bend. This exciting addition doubles the size of the Museum of the Big Bend, creating large, dynamic spaces for museum events and the display of art and history. Award-winning architectural firm Page/ used the unique nature of the site to create a masterful melding of the original 1937 museum with a striking new contemporary structure. On display will be Western Beef Cattle, a series of rarely exhibited paintings by the late El Paso artist Tom Lea (Dallas Museum of Art, gift of LIFE Magazine); outstanding works from the The John L. Nau III Collection of Texas Art; Murals by Clint Baermann, Xavier Gonzalez, and Julius Woeltz; as well as newly acquired works from the museum’s... (read more)
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U.S., Mexico ready to give border’s ‘Most Wanted’ program another shot. U.S. and Mexican officials are in talks to rekindle a binational most wanted criminals’ program with billboards and posters of the fugitives. The last go at the program in 2021 included a confidential telephone tips hotline and the mugs of fugitives later identified as a migrant smuggling kingpin and the head of La Linea drug cartel, among others. U.S. officials have not said how many of the 10 individuals featured back then have been arrested. The “Se Busca Informacion” binational initiative was conceived in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas in 2018 and resulted in the arrest of six fugitives that year. Se Busca Informacion was expanded to El Paso and Laredo in 2019. Chihuahua State Investigative Agency (AEI) coordinator Guillermo Arturo Zuany Portillo and other Mexican police officials last Thursday met with... (read more)
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Treasury sanctions Mexico-based transnational human smuggling organization. Sanctions coordinated with government of Mexico. Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Hernandez Salas transnational criminal organization (TCO), a human smuggling organization based in Mexicali, Mexico, as well as several members and entities in its support network. The practice of human smuggling and the facilitation of fraudulent documentation undermines the U.S. asylum system, damaging public confidence in the vetting process and jeopardizing access to protection for vulnerable persons fleeing conflict, famine, and persecution. Often, migrants encounter violence in each territory they cross on their journey towards the United States and may even end up... (read more)
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Meet Los Tecos, the only pro team hosting games in U.S., Mexico. Why Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos split their home games between the U.S. and Mexico, making it the world's only fully binational pro baseball team. When the Mexican-American War ended in 1848 and land on the northern side of the Rio Grande River became part of the U.S., the people of Laredo celebrated their place in a democracy by holding a referendum. They voted overwhelmingly to remain part of Mexico. The U.S. government dismissed the results, so a few hundred people picked up their stuff and moved to the other side of the river, establishing the town of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. And despite being separated by a border, the cities have been united as a community ever since. "A river divides us, but we're the same people basically," Laredo Mayor Victor Treviño said. "Family, culture, everything. We have a lot of ties." Children who live on the Mexican side go to school on the U.S. side. Workers who live in... (read more)
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Imperial Beach cleanup event highlights water contamination issues at US—Mexico border. This effort comes as the City of Imperial Beach continues dealing with water contamination issues. Vince Harris and Maya Duncan were among dozens of volunteers who spent the morning picking up full bags of trash found at Imperial Beach. The San Diego Association and Surfrider Foundation hosted a community beach cleanup event Saturday morning. “People want to swim, people want to surf, people want to fish, people want to enjoy what California has to offer,” Harris said. But beachgoers at Imperial Beach have not been able to enjoy these activities recently due to signs warning them of the water contamination in the area. “People’s health is the biggest thing here. I wouldn’t feel comfortable going in... (read more)
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State officials, activists spar over fate of Benito the giraffe. Animal advocates want giraffe moved to Texas sanctuary; Chihuahua officials plan to improve habitat, open Benito a social media account. The battle for Benito the giraffe is heating up on par with rising temperatures in this Mexican border city. Animal rights activists from all over Mexico are planning a Sunday march to demand that the city’s tallest resident be moved to a more suitable environment. The 10 a.m. demonstration starts at Plaza Juarez Mall and concludes at the park half a mile south. Concerned citizens and international organizations say Benito’s tiny habitat at the mostly concrete-lined park is inadequate and exposes him to... (read more)
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CBP agrees to limit US border light pollution. Environmental controversies over the border wall are nothing new. The construction of the border wall between the U.S and Mexico has raised numerous environmental concerns that have largely been overlooked by the federal government. One of the primary environmental concerns associated with the border wall is its impact on wildlife. The wall fragments habitats and disrupts migration patterns, posing a significant threat to the survival of various species. Animals such as the Mexican gray wolf, jaguars, ocelots, and bighorn sheep rely on cross-border movements for their genetic diversity and access to resources. By impeding their movement, the wall puts these already vulnerable species at further risk of... (read more)
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The number of migrants crossing the border has hit its lowest point since Biden took office. Here are four reasons there was no post Title 42 surge. Experts predicted a huge influx of migrants when the Title 42 Covid ban ended in May. Instead, crossings have hit new lows for a number of reasons — some of them temporary. The number of migrants illegally crossing the southwest U.S. border is at its lowest point since the start of the Biden administration, with just over 3,000 migrants stopped by Border Patrol each day. The number has plummeted from more than 10,000 daily just three weeks ago, despite widespread predictions of a surge after the end of the Title 42 Covid ban on May 11. And there may also be fewer migrants waiting just across the border to cross. Shortly before Title 42 was lifted, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz estimated that up to 65,000 migrants were living in... (read more)
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The new US border wall is an app. Since January, CBP One has been intended to make immigration at the southern border more orderly, but it has thrown up obstacles for some of the people most in need of protection. A few minutes before 9 a.m. on a day in late March, Keisy Plaza, 39, leans against a wall on the corner of Juárez Avenue and Gardenias Street in Ciudad Juárez. It’s the last intersection before Mexico turns into El Paso, Texas, and a stream of commuters drive past on their way to work and other daily activities that intertwine the two border cities. I first met Plaza in a small, crowded shelter a few feet away from the border wall. Originally from Venezuela, she had left her home in Colombia seven months before. She walked a 62-mile stretch of... (read more)
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Southwestern College takes graduation across the border with Mexican pride. Southwestern College’s graduation season lasted a little longer this year. The main ceremonies were held in late May in Chula Vista, but Thursday night 64 graduates and their Mexican families celebrated for the first time across the border. The event was held in the schoolyard of the Preparatoria Federal Lázaro Cárdenas campus. Southwestern College's presiding board president, Roberto Alcantar, came up with the idea as the school continues to develop more opportunities for binational cooperation. “This is what collaboration looks like. This is what a binational community looks like. It’s not putting up walls, it’s not pushing back against opportunities for everyone in the region. It’s about building the bridge," Alcantar said. Pedro Ernesto Araujo is one of the graduates who was born in Tijuana but... (read more)
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At the Texas border, these students help asylum-seekers make their case. Six Northeastern University School of Law students spent a week volunteering for the El Paso-based Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center. Nothing prepared Nora Doherty for what she saw at the border. She came to Northeastern University’s law school hoping to study immigration law. A co-op in Boston had introduced her to how the U.S. immigration system works. But her May trip to El Paso, Texas, where she met with immigrant detainees wearing orange jumpsuits, separated from her by a glass pane, still shocked her. “These are people who haven’t really committed a crime,” Doherty says. “The crime they committed in the U.S.’s eyes is having come to the border, but that is the legal way to seek asylum.” Doherty and five other Northeastern University School of Law students spent a week in... (read more)
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South-of-the-border second home. Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching. Born in Philadelphia, she spent a transformative year in Cuernavaca, Mexico, prior to beginning studies at Oberlin. The gap year presented immense challenges: After all, she had studied German—not Spanish—throughout middle school and high school. Yet Sheik immersed herself in the culture: enrolling in a local school, living with a host family, and forging enduring bonds. “When I first arrived in Mexico, I didn’t speak any Spanish,” she says. “But by the end of the year, I had gained a new language and formed lifelong friendships. I also developed a deep appreciation for Mexican culture and realized that I love traveling and exploring new places and communities. I’ve wanted to return to Mexico ever since.” In May, Sheik graduated from... (read more)
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Pati Jinich on exploring the food and culture along U.S.-Mexico border: ‘I’ve never felt more at home.’ In 2018, Pati Jinich, a former public policy analyst turned chef, cookbook writer and host of the award-winning American Public Television series “Pati’s Mexican Table,” made a scouting mission to Sinaloa, Mexico. At the time, Netflix’s gritty series “Narcos: Mexico” was popular and suddenly the entire Mexican state had become regarded as kidnapping-and-murder central (and not just to tourists). “My main guy said, ‘My wife is watching “Narcos,” so there’s no way I can go.’” When Jinich arrived, alone and armed only with her iPhone, instead of being greeted by drug traffickers, she learned why Sinaloa is called Mexico’s breadbasket. “It exports tomatoes, jalapenos and most of the produce,” Jinich says, describing the Sinaloense as “incredibly... (read more)
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Borders and rivers: On language, faith, and family at the US/Mexico border. Alejandra Oliva considers divisions, artificial and natural. Generations of mystics and monks have described the desert as the place to find God. The closest I’ve come to finding God is in rivers. You’ll hear it before you see it: the raucous chatter of birds, the burbling of the river as it rushes past. Follow the noise until you crest a hill, round a corner, and there it is, shocking in its lush emerald after so much dusty, scorched orange and brown. As you get closer, you’ll smell it too—that particular riverine odor of wet mud and green shoots. Flycatchers swoop low over the waters, dragonflies hover and hum in the air, cottonwood leaves flash their pale undersides in the bright sun. Rivers are life-bringers, life-creators, the deepest point of the map to which all other things flow. The water of the Rio Grande winds its way down from its... (read more)
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Juarez artist builds “Big Foot” in honor of migration on the border. Jorge Pérez is a borderland artist that has been doing urban art for over 20 years now. His most recent sculpture is a big foot made of material that migrants and "coyotes" use to climb the border wall along the U.S. / Mexico border. After learning about this type of material could be recycled, an organization in the U.S. called "Abara" helped Pérez to bring it to Juarez to start creating this art. ABC-7 spoke with Pérez about the message behind the sculpture. His main goal is to have two different statues staged in Juarez and El Paso; six to seven times the size of this original piece. Currently, he is in talks with the city of Juarez to get... (read more)
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Jorge R. Gutierrez’s mission to make animation more diverse. As a writer, director, producer, animator and voice actor, Jorge R. Gutierrez has created a body of joyful and inspiring work that celebrates his native Mexican culture, and, he hopes, will leave the animation world “more diverse than when I found it.” Take, for instance, his most recent release, the hit Netflix limited series Maya and the Three. In 2022, the empowering story based on Mesoamerican mythology and its female heroes won a pair of Annie Awards, including one for best animated broadcast production for children, and four children and family Emmy Awards. “Representing Mexican culture and representing Mexican American culture and representing Latin America in animation, that’s always been my inspiration. And then how to... (read more)
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Q&A: Carlos García, founder of Finhabits. Growing up, Carlos García learned a strong work ethic from his parents but not how to manage money for the long term and build wealth. “You launch a company when you want to solve a problem,” García says. “In my case, it was something I didn’t have growing up.” When the entrepreneur, who grew up in Juárez and was inspired to pursue a degree in engineering at MIT walking factory floors with his dad, was offered a 401(k) through his workplace, he didn’t take it. García says he was the first in his family to be offered one, was unfamiliar with what it was and didn’t see the need to have one at the time. For many Americans, their 401(k) is the foundation of their retirement plan. But many Latinos in America aren’t saving enough for retirement – or anything at all. More than two-thirds of Hispanic households... (read more)
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Vazquez chose U.S. over Mexico but soon may call Europe home. Long before becoming an MLS star with FC Cincinnati and playing for the United States men's national team, Brandon Vazquez was just another bordertown kid, regularly straddling daily life and a passion for soccer between two countries. Raised in Chula Vista, California, Vazquez was discovered by scouts from Club Tijuana, a Liga MX team located a few miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. American by birth, but with a Mexican heritage, the forward occupied both worlds, crossing the border every time he trained and played with the Tijuana youth academy. For the teenager, it was an early lesson in perseverance and patience. "It was pretty... (read more)
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Border Research and Study |
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Americans remain critical of government’s handling of situation at U.S.-Mexico border. While the number of migrants illegally crossing into the United States at the U.S.-Mexico border has declined sharply in recent weeks, Americans continue to give the U.S. government low ratings for its handling of the situation at the border, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Just 23% of Americans say the government is doing a good job dealing with the large number of people seeking asylum at the border, while more than three times as many (73%) say it’s doing a bad job. The new survey also finds: Nearly half of Americans (47%) rate illegal immigration as a very big problem in the country, up from 38% last year. The public’s views of possible actions to deal with the situation at the border have not changed much in... (read more)
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Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast. Some of the pills looked just like antibiotics. Others were unlabeled white tablets. Several mimicked well-known American pills, and a few came in sealed bottles. They were all purchased in Mexico, at legitimate pharmacies from Tulum, at the country’s southeast tip, to Tijuana, at the northwest border with California. And at least half of them were fakes. Earlier this year, The Times found that pharmacies in several northwestern Mexico cities were selling counterfeit pills over the counter, passing off powerful methamphetamine as Adderall and deadly fentanyl as Percocet and other opioid painkillers. But four more months of investigation showed the problem is much broader than previously understood. It’s not just stray single pills that are laced with... (read more)
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KCRA 3 accepts Gracie Award award for ‘Buscando Refugio’ border documentary. The Gracie Awards recognize programming created by women, for women in media and entertainment. KCRA 3 was awarded a Gracie for our Spanish-language documentary “Buscando Refugio: Dolor y Esperanza.” Reporter Maricela De La Cruz and producer Denisse Gómez accepted the award in New York City on Tuesday. The Gracie Awards recognize programming created by women, for women in media and entertainment. In April 2022, KCRA 3 took a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to track the status of immigration and how it was impacting California. The documentary uncovered differences in how cases were being treated. KCRA 3 News produced two versions of the documentary, "Buscando Refugio: Dolor y Esperanza" in Spanish, and... (read more)
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In the mountains of Northern Mexico, descendants of formerly enslaved people have celebrated Juneteenth, or 'Día de los Negros,' for over a century. Just over 100 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, a small mountain town in Coahuila, Mexico, is preparing for their annual Juneteenth celebrations. El Nacimiento de los Negros, translating to "Birth of the Blacks," is home to a community of Afro-Indigenous families that trace their roots back to the United States. Known as "Mascogos," the group are descendants of Black Seminoles who found a home in Mexico after fleeing slavery and the threat of slave catchers in the US. Black Seminoles were formerly enslaved people who escaped the plantations they worked on and aligned themselves with... (read more)
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Family separations at the US border inspired Isabel Allende’s newest novel. The separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border has always caused Isabel Allende pain: When she saw it during the Trump administration, her first impulse was to help reunify children and parents through her foundation. Then, the legendary Chilean author thought, she had to write a book. “The Wind Knows My Name,” which grapples with immigration, violence, solidarity, and love, is the latest novel by the award-winning writer who — with more than 77 million books sold — is considered the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author. Released earlier this month, it is available at bookstores in the U.S., Spain, and Latin America. For Allende, 80, the separation of children from their parents at the border evoked similarly wrenching historical moments, such as... (read more)
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Taiwan-Arizona ties: the history behind TSMC’s decision to build US$12 billion chip plant in southwestern US. This is the second of a two-part series looking at how Arizona was chosen as the US state to host the latest semiconductor wafer fabrication plant from TSMC, the world’s leading chip foundry, in a move that is redefining geopolitical boundaries in the global chip industry. When the southwestern US city of Phoenix landed a deal in 2020 for a US$12 billion chip-making plant from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), it became the biggest payoff for the state of Arizona after seven years of courting business from the self-ruled island that China claims as its own. But the state has for decades been building close ties with Taiwan, even as it has been middle-of-the-pack among states in... (read more)
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Florida tomato growers want US to terminate Mexico trade deal. Florida tomato growers want US to terminate Mexico trade deal. A trade group is calling on the U.S. to end the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexico, saying it has failed to protect Florida growers against unfair trade practices. The Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) said Mexico-based growers continue to dump tomatoes into the U.S. — selling them for less than it costs to produce them — and alleging that the cheaper imports undercut the domestic market. “Despite the good faith efforts of the Commerce Department over the last four years, the 2019 Suspension Agreement has not been able to close the loopholes that have always been a problem,” Michael Schadler, the tomato exchange’s executive vice president, said in a statement. The FTE recently filed a request with the Commerce Department to end the agreement because... (read more)
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Exports of Mexican-built cargo trucks up 34% in May. Mexico’s truck production and exports saw marked increases in May, helped by better synchronization of the supply chain and shortening delivery times, officials said. Miguel Elizalde, president of Mexico’s National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Producers (ANPACT), said the latest figures show that demand for cargo trucks from the U.S. continues to be positive. Elizalde said during a recent video news conference that the “14,845 units [exported] is one of the best months of May we have had in the last few years. “We did have a higher monthly export total a couple of months earlier, but if we continue with this trend, then we are going to... (read more)
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Built for growing business. The nation’s only deepwater seaport located on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Port of Brownsville, held today a groundbreaking ceremony for its latest economic development project, a 118-acre shovel-ready business park. This new industrial project leverages the port’s logistical advantages to support manufacturing companies and industry clusters with a base of operations that combines access to efficient multimodal transportation and robust storage capabilities. This development will provide a dynamic ecosystem for companies to collaborate, innovate, and flourish. “The business park at the Port of Brownsville is a critical component in our mission to attract new industries and businesses to the area, creating jobs, and... (read more)
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Neobank for immigrants expands to the U.S.-Mexico border. When Magnus Larsson came to the U.S. around 20 years ago, he learned just how hard it was for immigrants to open a bank account, much less navigate the U.S. financial system. Eventually, in 2019, he co-founded MAJORITY, a neobank aimed at making it easier for new arrivals to get access to mobile banking services. Central to MAJORITY’s services are “meetups”, spaces in areas with large immigrant populations that MAJORITY targets. There they can meet in-person with advisors who often are also originally from those countries and can help them understand the nuances of life in the U.S. They can also attend workshops and other events with compatriots. To that end, Larsson just announced the opening of a new meetup space—its fifth —in Laredo, Tex., the… (read more)
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Strike expands “Send Globally” to Mexico, the largest market for cross-border payments from the U.S. Strike, the global money app for fast, safe payments and bitcoin, today announced the expansion of “Send Globally” to Mexico, bringing its revolutionary payment service to the largest market for remittances from the U.S. In 2022, Mexico received a record of $60 billion in remittances from the U.S. alone, making up around 95% of total remittances received from abroad. Today, sending a payment from the U.S. to Mexico costs an average of 4.57% of the transaction value. Strike leverages Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to provide a faster, cheaper, and more accessible alternative to traditional money transfer providers in Mexico. With Send Globally, users can enjoy instant payments to a Mexican bank account around the clock, every day of the year, without added... (read more)
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Good weather for drinking beer but not for making it. It’s a paradox: The heat wave that has hit Mexico in the past few weeks has been a great boon for the country’s beverage industry, particularly beer producers, as thirsty consumers seek solace from record temperatures. At the same time, the near-drought conditions present a huge challenge to Mexico’s beverage industry, as water supplies become increasingly scarce. All 32 Mexican states registered temperatures of at least 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) this week, with nine expected to exceed 45 Celsius (113F), the country’s weather service said. The heat wave is aggravating recurrent water shortages, with Mexico receiving 30% less rain so far this year and almost two-thirds of its reservoirs less than... (read more)
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Fronteras: The Changing America Desk is an unprecedented, multimedia collaboration among seven public radio stations. Fronteras covers an area of about 9 million residents and reaches an audience of about 1 million listeners. Fronteras stories deal with the complex and controversial southwestern border with Mexico, including security, immigration, drugs and weapons smuggling. It also seeks to show that the border is far more than a smuggling corridor. Fronteras mandate is to broadcast and publish stories from throughout the Southwest that go beyond breaking news and the sensational to find the people and stories that are real, relevant and alive. www.fronterasdesk.org
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July 4, Catalysts of Change: Women Leaders in Science | The seminar will be in Spanish with interpretation in English, French, and Hindi. Click here to join the session the day of the event.
July 11-16, 44th edition of CineFestival San Antonio | The nation’s original and longest-running Latino film festival, presented by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is returning to celebrate Chicano, Latinx and Native American cinema from some of the most talented local and regional filmmakers.
October 11-12, La Jolla Energy Conference: Balancing energy security and climate action in Latin America & Caribbean: Navigating Turbulence and Enabling Transformation | The Institute of the Americas relaunches in person flagship annual event, the La Jolla Energy Conference. The La Jolla Energy Conference is an essential platform and space to foster an informed discourse of these and other issues that will shape the energy sector of tomorrow in Latin America.
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