The decision to impose steel tariffs was made without proof that Mexican steel imports are, in fact, taking advantage of the United States.
Opinion
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López Obrador was elected to ‘transform’ Mexico. Can he do it?
López Obrador has built a hybrid political machine designed to unite powerful political elites regardless of ideology. It looks a lot like the old PRI.
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International election observer notes waits were long but voters patient
‘After six years of Enrique Peña Nieto, waiting one hour for change is not that long,’ said one voter at a lineup in Durango.
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Joys of construction: the mysterious case of the bending security bars
Last year I graced these digital pages with a five-part series entitled The Joy of Construction in Mexico. My years FULL STORY
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Three reasons why it’s time for Mexico to pivot to China
With López Obrador’s landslide victory in the Mexican election, the Sino-Mexican partnership will almost certainly deepen further.
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Why Mexico’s historic elections may bring about big change
It has the potential to transform the country as it dislodges its ruling elite, challenges the economic consensus and promises to eradicate violence and corruption.
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Mexico may no longer be a partner with US in enforcing its immigration laws
Mexico’s next president will be Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor and outspoken critic of the political FULL STORY
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Can Mexico’s elites thwart a surging left-wing presidential candidate?
From the start of Mexico’s latest general election campaign, left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (or “AMLO”) has for weeks FULL STORY
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Presidential candidates largely sympathetic to migrants’ plight
Despite an official commitment to the rights of migrants, Mexico has followed the U.S.’s punitive lead on immigration.
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Airport an environmental disaster but it could become a huge national park
Environmental controversy could be an opportunity to give Mexico City something more transformative than a shiny new airport.
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Amnesty for narcos is one presidential candidate’s pitch to voters
AMLO sees a ‘loving republic’ in which Mexicans live under the principle that being good is the only way to be joyful.
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Several decades on, Baja California’s progress brings on culture shock
Employers are lined up to hire students when they graduate: CETYS can’t fill the demand.
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Femicide should be addressed by teaching emotional intelligence
Male chauvinism, gender inequality and ignorance of self knowledge are principal reasons for femicides.
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Only an idiot would run a news website from southern Mexico
It is a pleasure to announce the first complete redesign of Mexico News Daily since we began publishing in 2014.
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Mexicans in US could decide election result
On a sunny day in early 2007 in Tijuana, Mexico, I stood on world-famous Revolution Avenue among countless stores selling FULL STORY
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CDMX earthquake was rare ‘bending’ quake
Six months have passed since a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, toppling 40 buildings and killing over 300, but the FULL STORY
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Uneasy relationship will survive, but barely
After two years on the job, United States ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson has announced that she will retire on FULL STORY
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Growing violence hits once peaceful BCS
Reprinted from InSight Crime After years of flying beneath the organized crime radar, the state of Baja California Sur in FULL STORY
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Many water problems caused by corruption
When Cape Town acknowledged in February that it would run out of water within months, South Africa suddenly became the FULL STORY
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Dealing with Mexico: US has no idea how
“Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States,” Mexican president Porfirio Díaz once said around the FULL STORY
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The untold history of MX’s Afro-descendants
Until a few years ago, most Mexicans had no real idea about how many Afro-descendants existed, where they live or FULL STORY
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High tech in Jalisco: is it Mexico’s future?
Babies born today will be 32 years old in 2050 when the United States will not be the No. 1 FULL STORY
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Trump’s racist view of Russia and Mexico
I first came to Mexico in 1964 and have visited probably a dozen times. With each succeeding visit, I’ve seen FULL STORY
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How next president can tackle violence
Reprinted from InSight Crime Mexico enters the 2018 presidential campaign on the heels of the most violent year in its FULL STORY
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What event does MX celebrate February 5?
“What are we celebrating? The battle against the French in Puebla, right?” This was from a real conversation I overheard FULL STORY