International News: “Three Amigos” meet, as tensions rise due to migration crisis and war on drugs

Published by BBNTEAM at January 9, 2023

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Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023. 10:51 am CST.

By Aaron Humes: The so-called “Three Amigos” of North American politics – U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador – are holding a North American Leaders’ Summit today amid turmoil at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to El Pais of Spain.

The meeting features a first visit by an American president to Latin America since 2014, four days after the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán – the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán – whose henchmen have since set fire and sowed chaos across Culiacán, the capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, and amid turmoil caused by the war on drugs and a worsening migration crisis.

While most of the discussion focuses on combating undocumented immigration and drug trafficking, other items on the agenda include the environment, inflation, healthcare, and poverty reduction.

Biden is coming off a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since he was sworn into office. Border control has been a significant point of contention in the United States, with the Republican Party using undocumented immigration to attack Biden’s administration.

López Obrador knows that he will be pressed on migration and security topics, but he will also be demanding greater economic integration within North America. The bilateral meeting comes just days after the White House announced an agreement with Mexico, which will require the Obrador administration to increase border control. In exchange, the U.S. will begin offering new avenues of legal immigration to citizens of Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

This afternoon, the three leaders will deliver a message to the media. A joint declaration is expected, which will formalize various agreements between Canada, Mexico, and the United States across six different areas: diversity; equity and inclusion; environment and climate change; competitiveness with the rest of the world; migration and development, as well as health and security. Announcements on separate bilateral issues are also scheduled.

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