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Enrique Peña Nieto

NAFTA 2.0 Signed: A Deal for 'The Corporate One Percent'

Amid Trump's NAFTA Confusion, Demands for Trade Deal That Puts Workers, Environment Over Corporate Profits.

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

President Donald Trump attempting to get Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on speaker phone on Monday.

"It is very clear that he does not know what he's talking about"

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Claiming Early 18-Point Lead, Leftist Mexican Presidential Candidate Rips Trump's "Contemptuous Attitude"

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA) party

"Neither Mexico nor its people will be the piñata of any foreign government,"...

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'Devastating': Massive Quake Collapses Buildings and Kills Hundreds in Mexico

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Pictures fell from office building walls, objects were shaken off of flat surfaces, and computer monitors toppled over. Some people dove for cover under desks. Local media broadcast video of whitecap waves churning the city's normally placid canals of Xochimilco as boats bobbed up and down," CBS News reported.

The quake hit a little over a week after an 8.2 magnitude tremor slammed Mexico...

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to view the solar eclipse at the White House on August 21, 2017 in Washington, DC.

'Insane': To Scare Leakers, Sessions Wants White House Staff Polygraphed

"The president said that 62 aftershocks followed the quake and it's possible that one as strong as 7.2 could strike in the next 24 hours," Bloomberg reported.

Tsunami Warnings as Mexico Rocked By Strongest Earthquake in a Century

In a briefing on the opioid epidemic in the U.S., President Donald Trump depicted the crisis as a crime issue rather than one involving public health.

Critics Slam Trump's 'Substance-Free' Plan to Address Opioid Crisis

Transcripts released by the Washington Post Thursday show Trump arguing over immigration policy with the leaders of Mexico and Australia.

Transcripts Reveal Trump's 'Crazy' Approach to Diplomacy

"People of Mexico Will Not Accept" Trump's Unilateral Border Plans: Foreign Minister

Hundreds Form 'Human Wall' in Mexico to Protest Trump

"Don't Worry About It": Trump Shrugs Off Hostility With Australia, Mexico

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.

From Tweet to Trade War, Trump Shreds US-Mexico Relations in 24 Hours

'Fueled by Hate': Trump Signs Order on Border Wall, Sanctuary Cities

'Angry, Snarling, Terrifying': Trump Confirms Nightmarish Immigration Vision

Iraq War Architect Wolfowitz Putting His 'Hopes' in Clinton Presidency

National Outrage Stoked as Mr. Trump Goes to Mexico

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Walls Work (In Your Fever Dreams)

Given Our National Disgrace's blindly idiotic love of walls, it was only a matter of time before he turned up on an infamous one: Israel's Apartheid Wall. This week, thanks to the Australian street artist Lushsux, Trumpster appeared twice on the wall, lovingly hugging an IDF watchtower and promising a brother wall to the concrete atrocity that daily afflicts Palestinians. Still, he persists in the stupid dream because - real quote - "Walls work. Just ask Israel." Oy.

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Public Citizen

Expected August 31 NAFTA Notice: A Final Deal Must Be Judged on Whether It Will Stop NAFTA’s Serious Ongoing Damage

Public Citizen

Today’s D.C. Visit by Top Mexican Trade Officials May Reveal Whether a Renegotiated NAFTA Deal Can Be Signed in 2018

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Mexico Votes Overwhelmingly for "Change" by Electing López Obrador President, CEPR Experts Say...

Tar Sands Blockade

TX and OK Residents Start New Chapter as Keystone XL South Begins Hazardous Materials Transport Through Region

Amnesty International

Amnesty International Calls on New Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to Break with Legacy of Human Rights Violations

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)

Mexican Election: Did Media “Fabricate Popularity” of Apparent Winner?

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Manuel Pérez Rocha

AMLO Goes Full Throttle Against Neoliberalism—But What About NAFTA?

Jacob Sugarman

Trump Is Forging His Own Gaza on the Southern Border

Timothy Wise

'This Is Life or Death for Us': Mexico's Farm Movement Rejects New NAFTA Agreement

David Dayen

The Good and the (Potentially Very) Bad in Trump’s NAFTA Renegotiation

Marshall Auerback

Trump’s NAFTA Deal Simply Can’t Solve America’s Manufacturing Problems

Miguel Guevara

Mexico's Lopez Obrador Has to Stand Up to Trump

Reese Erlich

Leftist Landslide in Mexico

John Feffer

Next Stop for the Global ‘Bernie’ Movement: Mexico?

Latin American experts

US Academics and Civic Leaders Call on Congress to Ensure Neutrality and Support for Democratic Norms in Mexican Elections

Nomi Prins

Trade Wars and Diminished Credibility