Blanca Gómez
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AFL-CIO leader meets AMLO in Mexico City
PHARR, RGV – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met on Wednesday with Richard Trumka, president of AFL-CIO, the largest trade union group in the U.S. Under the terms of USMCA, the successor trade agreement to NAFTA, Mexico is required to apply new, stricter labor laws. Trumka wants that provision adhered to. “Today I had a very … → Read More
Pharr Bridge announces expansion plans, while coping with reduction in CBP officers
PHARR, RGV – While members of Congress and Mexican officials complain about a reduction in U.S. customs officers at ports of entry, Pharr leaders are working to expand infrastructure to impro… → Read More
CIL expands warehousing operations to handle increase in cotton exports
WESLACO, RGV – Weslaco is becoming as important a national shipping point for cotton as Houston and Dallas, says Rio Grande Valley businessman Joaquin Spamer. Spamer is owner of CIL Logistics. In c… → Read More
McAllen Mayor: Crisis is in Washington, Not on Border
MCALLEN, RGV – Dismissing claims there is a crisis on the border, McAllen Mayor Jim Darling placed a big emphasis on border security in his State of the City address on Tuesday. More than 1,0… → Read More
Border Congressmen: Central America, Mexico needs more help
MCALLEN, RGV – The crisis is not at the border, but in the Central American countries; most of the drugs go through international bridges, and 67 percent of the people who are illegally in th… → Read More
Trump visit gives Valley residents an opportunity to express their views
MCALLEN, RGV – Thousands of Rio Grande Valley residents vociferously made their opinions known about President Donald Trump and his proposed border wall, in one of the largest displays of civ… → Read More
Mexico’s energy policy discussed at RGV summit
PHARR, RGV – While the president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing to visit Campeche in the coming days to drill for several new oil wells, energy specialists here in Texas say the… → Read More
Wood: López Obrador seen as Mexico’s last best hope
MCALLEN, RGV – There was a fascinating off-stage conversation between South Texas College economics professor Kevin Peek and Mexico Institute Director Duncan Wood after Wood had given his ana… → Read More
TSC hosts forum on how USMCA might impact border region
BROWNSVILLE, RGV – Border cities need to prepare for the new free trade agreement, USMCA, especially on the fields of technology, said an economist at a forum hosted by Texas Southmost Colleg… → Read More
Community groups urge ‘yes’ vote on $190 million drainage bond issue
EDINBURG, RGV – Community groups are urging voters in Hidalgo County to support a $190 million of dollars to improve drainage systems. Various groups in the RGV Equal Voice Network also prais… → Read More
RGV residents asked to help fund schools for indigenous children of Oaxaca
MCALLEN, RGV – After suffering the largest earthquake in Mexico in September 2017, a private foundation in Oaxaca will seek support from McAllen and Rio Grande Valley residents, after spreadi… → Read More
Report: Public Charge rule change will have ‘chilling effect’ on immigrant community
LAS MILPAS – The Trump Administration’s plan to reinterpret a previously arcane rule known as “public charge” would have a “chilling effect” on 24 million people in the United States, includi… → Read More
Five-year-old Helen signs away right to see a judge
SAN JUAN, RGV – This is the story of a five-year-old girl and the importance of her signature. The Trump Administration placed great importance on the legal “signature” of Helen, a five-year-… → Read More
Gonzalez: López Obrador will make changes to improve border security
EDINBURG, RGV – The government of the United States lost the opportunity to negotiate with Mexico on the issue of insecurity because there is no known formal agreement inserted to NAFTA/USMCA… → Read More
Large turnout for Ruta 54 Coalition meeting in RGC
RIO GRANDE CITY, RGV – While the U.S. federal government promotes the separation of the border with a wall, here entrepreneurs and elected officials from Mexico and the United States, seek to… → Read More
ACLU: Separation of families is still going on, but now on international bridges
BROWNSVILLE, RGV – Although President Trump signs an executive order to stop families being separated at international borders, it is still happening. That is the claim of Michael Seifert, bo… → Read More