Amb Antonio Garza

In my latest newsletter, I discuss NATO’s uncertain future,fragile stability in Israel, the U.S. administration’s aggressive posturing on trade and #tariffs, mid-term elections and #USMCA renegotiations.  More here: tonygarza.com/2026/02/geopol… @ascoa @AmerQuarterly @AmerAmbassadors #Ukraine

Cuba’s power grid collapses in third nationwide blackout amid US oil blockade. ⁦@guardiannews⁩ theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

ICYMI: Ukraine has notched its biggest domestic territorial gains in more than two years after Russia lost the use of Elon Musk’s Starlink wsj.com/world/europe/u… via @WSJ

Water, not oil, is the most important "strategic commodity" in the Middle East. It could be what determines the outcome of the Iran War, says @javierblas bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Mexican Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said he’s encouraged by the start of technical talks with the US to review the North American free trade agreement, even as Canada remains absent from the early negotiations. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Donald Trump pushes Iran war to new phase of escalation via @FT ft.com/content/2c901f…

Iran’s move to choke off the Strait of Hormuz and turn crude oil into a weapon of war marks a new phase in the 21st-century competition for global power wsj.com/world/the-new-… via @WSJ

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if Strait of Hormuz does not open - The Washington Post apple.news/AtD75lkU-Rxmce…

Trump is deporting thousands of Cubans and other migrants to Mexico - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Work is underway on Trump’s second border wall. It’s bigger than the first. - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Mexico's Pemex taking 'wait-and-see' approach on oil exports as prices climb, minister says reuters.com/business/energ…

‘Raúlito’ Rodríguez Castro, the Cuban scion leading talks with the US via @FT ft.com/content/6952fa…

Iran sets its price to end the war via @FT ft.com/content/869f65…

Trump may have articulated a doctrine of war without entanglement, but it remains unclear whether such a thing is possible. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Lack of winter snow in the Rocky Mountains and a heat wave are turning the Colorado River into a multilevel climate train wreck, @markgongloff says bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

.@IRE_NICAR An extraordinarily talented journalist, a wonderful human being; QEPD. Laredo journalist and IRE executive director Diana R. Fuentes dies kgns.tv/2026/03/21/lar…

The new head of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel is protected by bodyguards—and the U.S. Constitution. wsj.com/world/americas… via @WSJ

.@voguemagazine - At This New Hotel in #Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit, You Can Have It All vogue.com/article/rosewo… #travel

Hard numbers: Colombia’s president under US investigation, Chad to send security forces to Haiti, Eid celebrations in the midst of war, Terrorism deaths rise in Nigeria gzeromedia.com/news/hard-numb…

Richard Engel on Iraq, Ukraine, and the danger of 'wars of choice' gzeromedia.com/video/gzero-wo…

China closely watching Strait of Hormuz’s closure, Foreign interference roils Slovenia’s election, Ukraine lends drone defense to the Gulf gzeromedia.com/news/watching/…