Within 45 days of each other, two quintessential figures who helped shape the border economy in the Paso del Norte region (El Paso, Juarez, southern New Mexico) passed away, leaving legacies that go back decades and are still being developed today. Each of these two stalwarts is responsible for transforming the economies in their respective […]

The U.S.-Mexico border seems to constantly be in the press. Nearly every day, I get a call from a reporter or outside party asking my opinion on trade and the U.S. tariffs being imposed on other countries, and how this is affecting our economic development progress. I am also constantly asked about border security, President […]

On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke in West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate and called for Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall,” referring to the Berlin Wall, which had been erected by the Soviets to keep defectors from fleeing East Germany to the West. Subsequently recognized as one of Reagan’s […]