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Mexico: Cancelling NAFTA would be lost opportunity for 3 countries

by Andrea Rodes

05/24/2017 - 02:29

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Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C), poses for the media with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Luis Videgaray (L), and Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo (R), after a meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 23, 2017. EFE/Mario Guzman

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Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said Tuesday that cancelling the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement would be a "lost opportunity" for the US, Canada and Mexico, but he reiterated that his country is "ready" for negotiations to update it.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 2:15am

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Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C), poses for the media with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Luis Videgaray (L), and Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo (R), after a meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 23, 2017. EFE/Mario Guzman

Peña Nieto: Mexico proving to be a trustworthy destination for investment

by Andrea Rodes

05/09/2017 - 02:22

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President Enrique Peña Nieto (R), during a visit to Grupo Modelo brewery, in Hunucma, Yucatan state, Mexico on May 8, 2017. EFE/Mexico's Presidency

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The inauguration of Mexico's Grupo Modelo brewery new plant in southeastern Yucatan state can bee seen as a "turning point" in transforming the country into a "trustworthy destination" for investment.

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 2:15am

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President Enrique Peña Nieto (R), during a visit to Grupo Modelo brewery, in Hunucma, Yucatan state, Mexico on May 8, 2017. EFE/Mexico's Presidency

[OP-ED]: Una lombriz para cada quién

by Juan Alba

05/05/2017 - 17:12

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Debemos aceptar que sacar al país del hoyo no es trabajo de un solo hombre: se requiere el respaldo de líderes auténticos en el campo político, en los negocios, las ciencias, la industria, el campo, las artes, los tribunales. Requiere del esfuerzo de cada uno de los mexicanos. Archivo

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Dice un proverbio sueco que Dios le da una lombriz a cada pájaro, pero no se la lleva hasta el nido. ¿Qué hacer cuando un solo pájaro se lleva todas las lombrices para él solito y las esconde en Suiza?

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Friday, May 5, 2017 - 5:00pm

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Debemos aceptar que sacar al país del hoyo no es trabajo de un solo hombre: se requiere el respaldo de líderes auténticos en el campo político, en los negocios, las ciencias, la industria, el campo, las artes, los tribunales. Requiere del esfuerzo de cada uno de los mexicanos. Archivo

Border Wall is a Waste of Money, says Mexico

by Andrea Rodes

04/26/2017 - 05:00

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File photo showing the 'Friendship Fence' between the United States and Mexico in the Border Field State Park in San Diego, California, USA, 26 March 2017. EFE/JASON SZENES

On the same day as Trump appeared to back down on his demand for funding from Congress, Mexican foreign minister Luis Videgaray called the idea ofbuilding a border wall“unfriendly, “a hostile act” and “unlikely to fulfill the objectives” of stopping the flow of migrants and illegal merchandise into the United States.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 4:30am

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Andrea Rodés

The Death of a Bread Legend

by Andrea Rodes

02/06/2017 - 02:35

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Lorenzo Servitje, founder of the Mexican multinational baker Grupo Bimbo, in Mexico City, Mexico. Lorenzo died last Friday, said the company. EFE/BIMBO.

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One of the founders of Mexican multinational baker Grupo Bimbo died Friday in this capital. He was 98.

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Monday, February 6, 2017 - 2:30am

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Andrea Rodés

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Lorenzo Servitje, founder of the Mexican multinational baker Grupo Bimbo, in Mexico City, Mexico. Lorenzo died last Friday, said the company. EFE/BIMBO.

¿Un nuevo muro de los lamentos?

by Yamily Habib

01/26/2017 - 16:37

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El estandarte de la campaña electoral de Trump fue la promesa de un muro que atravesara toda la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y México, cuyo costo sería tomado por el país centroamericano.

Tras su sorpresiva victoria en los comicios presidenciales, el ahora Presidente Donald Trump, demuestra ser un hombre de palabra.

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Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 4:08pm

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The Tortilla Rebellion

by Andrea Rodes

01/16/2017 - 02:46

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After Gasolinazo, the rising price of tortillas piles pressure on Mexico, reports The Financial Times

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Monday, January 16, 2017 - 2:22am

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If the cost of the Mexican food staples such as tortillas, eggs, milk and chicken start to soar, an already unpopular government can expect protests in a country where nearly half the population lives in poverty. Photo:Wikimedia/Commons

Mexico President Vows Never to Pay for Trump's Wall

by Andrea Rodes

01/12/2017 - 03:00

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Mexico’s president Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the diplomatic corps in Mexico City on Wednesday. EFE/Mario Guzmán

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President-Elect Donald Trump repeatedly stated during his campaign that the U.S. was going to build a border wall and that Mexico would pay.

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Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 2:49am

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Mexico’s president Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the diplomatic corps in Mexico City on Wednesday. EFE/Mario Guzmán

Mexico Appoints Trump's "Wondeful Man" New Foreign Minister

by Andrea Rodes

01/05/2017 - 04:44

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The Mexican president announced on Wednesday that his former finance minister, Luis Videgaray, will now become his new minister of foreign affairs, just four months after getting fired from his previous Cabinet post for reportedly arranging Trump’s campaign stop in Mexico City. EFE/Sáshenka Gutiérrez

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President Enrique Pena Nieto appointed his former finance minister Luis Videgaray, who Donald Trump called a “wonderful man,” as Mexico’s foreign minister Wednesday as he prepares for the change of command in Washington.

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Thursday, January 5, 2017 - 4:11am

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The Mexican president announced on Wednesday that his former finance minister, Luis Videgaray, will now become his new minister of foreign affairs, just four months after getting fired from his previous Cabinet post for reportedly arranging Trump’s campaign stop in Mexico City. EFE/Sáshenka Gutiérrez

Sessions y Kelly visitarán la frontera esta semana

by Yamily Habib

04/18/2017 - 15:05

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El Fiscal General Jeff Sessions y el Secretario de Seguridad Nacional John Kelly se dan la mano en una rueda de prensa el 06 de marzo de 2017. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

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El fiscal general, Jeff Sessions, y el secretario de Seguridad Nacional, John Kelly, visitarán a finales de esta semana la frontera con México, informó a Efe un portavoz del Departamento de Justicia.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 3:00pm

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El Fiscal General Jeff Sessions y el Secretario de Seguridad Nacional John Kelly se dan la mano en una rueda de prensa el 06 de marzo de 2017. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

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