By Mishelle Muñoz / Mexico City Mexico is going to elections this Sunday, 6th of June. 21,368 positions are at stake. 15 governors of states – Mexico, official name United Mexican States, is a federal state – will be elected. 500 deputies of the Federal Chamber, the Lower House of the bicameral Mexican legislative system will be elected. Additionally 30 ...
The revolutionary bandit Fransisco “Pancho” Villa had nothing in common with Mexico’s current drug warlords, but he may still have inspired Donald Trump. Pancho Villa was fighting the Mexican army in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution and raided the US city of Columbus in 1916 in search of weapons. The US considered the Mexican Army too weak to fight ...
The World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union (WAYU) is an international youth platform established by 23 youth organizations from 12 countries in Istanbul on 29th October 2014. It aims to unite all the youth of the world under the same roof of anti-imperialism regardless of any differences. The below statement is the joint youth declaration on the new world after COVID-19 pandemic, ...
There are numerous international organizations today that aim to integrate, facilita trade and generally bring together countries throughout the Ibero-American region. The most promising among them for a long time was the Organization of American States (the OAS). However, this organization has proven unable to resolve some of the critical conflicts in the region and has repeatedly shown a preference ...
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the president’s right to limit asylum requests for migrants from Central and South America. Trump hailed the decision as a “big victory,” while his opponents issued heavy criticism. According to the new ruling, migrants who cross over the United States’ southern border will be required to prove that other states along the way ...
Trump VS Mexico US President Donald Trump announced the introduction of 5% duties on all products from Mexico on Sunday, threatening to increase the number if the problem of illegal immigrantion continues. Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Jesus Sead promised a “vigorous” response to the new duties on Thursday. On March 29, Trump threatened to close the border with Mexico altogether, ...
Building a wall along the U.S. southern border was one of Donald Trump’s key electoral promises. While making a speech on June 16, 2015, where he announced his plans to run for presidency, he said, “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a ...
From the beginning of his presidential campaign in 2016, Donald Trump created an important shift in political rhetoric regarding immigration. The shift coincided with a protectionist turn on economic matters including reviewing trade agreements with China, Mexico, Canada, and Europe, which he said were harmful to the American people, even if they were beneficial for elite groups and corporations (Time, ...