Newsrack | Energy, Zapotec, USMCA, Barragán, migration

1 NGI’s Andrew Baker writes about how Mexico’s energy regulator (CRE) is losing independence according to some of its former commissioners:

https://www.naturalgasintel.com/mexico-energy-regulator-losing-independence-not-fulfilling-duties-under-amlo-government-former-commissioners-say/

2 Areli Morales writes a touching obituary about Filiberto González, a Oaxacan migrant from San Pedro Cajonos. The piece was published both in Zapotec and English in L.A. Taco:

Zapotec: https://www.lataco.com/zapoteco-filiberto-gonzalez/

English: https://www.lataco.com/zapoteco-covid-obituary/

3 Democratic members of US House Ways and Means Committee demand the Trump Administration not to delay the support to worker-focused capacity in Mexico as agreed under USMCA:

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/20200723%20House%20Ltr%20to%20DOL%20and%20USTR%20re%20USMCA%20Funding%20for%20Worker%20Centered%20Programs.pdf

4 Suleman Anaya takes a stroll down the streets in Mexico City to find the forgotten works of architect Luis Barragán:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/t-magazine/luis-barragan.html

5 CFR´s Shannon O’Neil writes about how Mexico’s economic and security crisis could unleash a new migration wave to the US:

https://www.cfr.org/blog/mexican-migration-could-be-first-crisis-2021