Aid has been slow to arrive. The Category 5 storm’s destruction cut off the city of nearly 1 million people for the first day and it intensified so quickly on Tuesday that little to nothing had been staged in advance.
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Some Republican candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say it won’t work
Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 nomination and long the person who has shaped his party’s rhetoric on the border, has often blamed Mexico for problems in the United States.
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Commentary: Bombing Mexico to stem fentanyl supply is a terrible idea
Further militarizing what is an already overmilitarized war on drugs will not give us different results.
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Pemex gas platform exploded Friday, with some workers missing
Pemex has come under scrutiny in the past for its environmental and safety record after frequent accidents and explosions at its facilities.
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Commentary: For Republicans, ‘Bomb the Mexicans’ is the new ‘Build the Wall’
Republican politicians aren’t interested in finding real solutions for reducing the flow of desperate migrants or for families harmed by opioid addiction. They’re into political gain, by any means necessary.
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Mexico imposes 50% tariff on white corn imports amid trade dispute with U.S. and Canada
The measure, published late Friday in the Mexican government’s official gazette, will be in force until the end of the year and occurs amid a trade dispute between Mexico and its North American trade partners, Canada and the United States.
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16 soldiers face military charges in killing of five men in Mexican border city
Under Mexican law, any abuses by soldiers involving civilians must go through civilian courts, but separate charges can be filed in military tribunals.
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Supreme Court keeps immigration limits in place indefinitely
Under the restrictions, officials have expelled asylum-seekers inside the United States 2.5 million times and turned away most people who requested asylum at the border on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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Mexico City police injured by explosion at protest
The protest was just one of a host of activities planned in advance of Monday’s 8th anniversary of the students’ disappearances.
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Guadalajara digs out from more than 4 feet of hail
Officials in Mexico’s second largest city say a storm damaged hundreds of homes and buried cars up to their windows in some places.