HUIXTLA, Mexico — Thousands of Central American migrants awoke Tuesday in a makeshift encampment in a rain-soaked town square in far-southern Mexico, some weary, foot-sore and coughing, still distant from their goal of reaching the U.S. border. The caravan, estimated to include more than 7,000 people, had advanced about 45...
Migrants Defy Threats, Prepare to Cross Into Mexico
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — Members of a 3,000-strong U.S.-bound migrant caravan massed in a Guatemalan border town and prepared to begin crossing the muddy Suchiate River to Mexico Friday, in spite of U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliation. The first members of the group began arriving in Tecun Uman...
How NAFTA 2.0 Will Shake up Business as Usual
WASHINGTON — American dairy farmers get more access to the Canadian market. U.S. drug companies can fend off generic competition for a few more years. Automakers are under pressure to build more cars where workers earn decent wages. The North American trade agreement hammered out late Sunday between the United...
US, Canada Reach Deal to Stay in Trade Pact With Mexico
WASHINGTON — Canada is back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline. In a joint statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the...
US-Mexico ‘Understanding’ Could Overhaul NAFTA
President Donald Trump is announcing a trade "understanding" with Mexico that could lead to an overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump made the announcement Monday in the Oval Office, with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto joining by speakerphone. Read a transcript of their phone call at this...
Rising Mexico Suicides Reflect Trauma of Country's Chronic Violence
Mexico has suffered one of the world’s highest murder rates for over a decade, a consequence of the government’s aggressive, 12-year-long battle against drug trafficking organizations and other criminal groups, which has led lethal violence to escalate across the country. Almost 30,000 Mexicans were murdered in 2017. May 2018 was...
Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Security
WASHINGTON — Republicans anxious about keeping control of Congress think it's a bad idea, but President Donald Trump still says he's willing to close the government over border security issues, including money he wants to build a promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. I would be willing to “shut down” government if...
Survey of Economists: US Sales and Hiring Likely to Grow
DETROIT (AP) — Most U.S. business economists expect corporate sales to grow over the next three months and hiring and pay to rise with them. But a majority of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics say the corporate tax cuts that the Trump administration pushed through...
Neymar Ends Mexico's Dream of World Cup 'Quinto Partido'
SAMARA, Russia — Neymar flaunted his flair and his theatrics with a goal and an assist Monday at the World Cup. The world's most expensive player led Brazil over Mexico 2-0 Monday and into the quarterfinals of the tournament for the seventh straight time. Neymar broke through Mexico's stern resistance...
Mexico Elects a New President Sunday. What You Need To Know.
With Mexico's national elections coming up Sunday, July 1, we offer four perspectives on politics there. Tamara Pearson of New Internationalist begins her piece — headlined "Could Mexico's election change everything?" — with this grab-you-by-the-throat paragraph: "It's being called the ‘most violent’ election campaign in Mexico's history. One hundred and thirteen...