Of my four articles, the one that resonated with me the most was the “Scared by Trump, some migrants on Mexico border give up American dream” article. Born from an immigrant family and having actually driven across the border when I’ve gone to vacation in Mexico, I have gotten the chance to see just how much the American Dream means… Read more »
The leaders of Mexico and Canada will hold talks this weekend on the potential impact that a Donald Trump presidency could have on the NAFTA trade pact, a source close to the matter said on Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will meet on the sidelines of an Asian regional summit in Lima, Peru. They… Read more »
Donald Trump’s election victory and his plans to crack down on illegal immigration is so troubling for the groups of men gathered just south of a rusty, towering fence on the U.S.-Mexico border that some are even considering going home. For most poor Central Americans and Mexicans at travelers’ shelters in the desert town of Nogales, Trump’s threats to build… Read more »
Mexico will need to show “enormous pragmatism” in its dealings with Donald Trump’s government, President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Tuesday, as his administration prepares to seek common ground on trade and immigration issues. Mexico is on tenterhooks awaiting the accession of Trump to the U.S. presidency because of his repeated threats on the campaign trail to impose tariffs on… Read more »
Mexico’s foreign ministry announced fresh steps on Wednesday to provide support to Mexican citizens living in the United States following the victory in last week’s U.S. presidential election by Donald Trump, who has promised to crack down on immigrants in the country illegally.
Out of my four articles, the most interesting one was the article called “Jailed ex-Brazil Congress leader may not get to tell all” I feel this article is very interesting since it talks about the arrest of the former speaker of the lower house of Brazil’s Congress, Eduardo Cunha. Eduardo was arrested on multiple corruption charges and it seems other… Read more »
He was already among the most reviled politicians in Brazil and now he is among the most feared. Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of the lower house of Congress who led the impeachment of a president while at the same time being accused of graft, was arrested two weeks ago on multiple corruption charges.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected calls from the opposition for an early election, amid a fragile and fraying political truce in the country. In a national address, the president said: “There can be no ultimatums.” Mr Maduro’s supporters massed outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Thursday night to show their support for the socialist leader.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has won a third consecutive term in office. With two-thirds of the votes counted, the left-wing leader had secured an irreversible lead with 72%, election officials said. His closest rival, centre-right candidate Maximino Rodriguez, only had 14.2% of the vote.
Bolivian President Evo Morales and Peru’s Pedro Pablo Kuczynski agreed on Friday on a program that promises to give landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. One major element of the plan calls for including Bolivia on the route of a railway linking Brazil’s Atlantic ports with the terminals on the Peruvian stretch of the Pacific coast.