This Monday, in Mexico City, the tenth summit of North American leaders begins. The presidents of the United States and Mexico and the prime minister of Canada will hold bilateral and trilateral meetings on migration, security, climate change and development.
The arrest of Olívio Guzmán, son of El Chapo, last Thursday, and the new immigration measures announced by the US promise to set the tone for the discussions between Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Justin Trudeau.
In recent weeks, Mexico and the United States have rushed to do their homework on what they will present at the tenth summit of North American leaders.
The topic “security” presses the agenda of the meeting. The arrest of the Mexican drug trafficker Ovidio Guzmán, last Thursday, in the city of Culiacán, is the great trick that Mexico has up its sleeve for this three-day meeting.
Ovidio Guzmán, one of the sons of Chapo Guzmán, was one of the most wanted criminals in the United States, a country that from time to time demands concrete results from Mexico in the fight against drug trafficking.
Migration is another hot topic in relations between the three countries. Last week, Joe Biden announced that the United States will now accept up to 30,000 migrants a month from Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela, who meet the formal requirements to request asylum.
On the other hand, Mexico should receive up to 30,000 migrants each month from these four countries trying to enter the United States illegally.
With these measures, Joe Biden tries to stop an unusual wave of migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela that has been putting pressure on the US immigration system for several months.
At the tenth North American leaders’ summit, the region’s development prospects will also be on the table.
Economic issues will be analyzed in light of the renewed Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada, in force since July 2020.
Source: TSF
