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Trump’s Tomatina against Mexico

By RICARDO CASTILLO     The countervailing duty the U.S. government slapped on Mexican tomatoes as of Tuesday, May 7, means different things to everyone involved in this agribusiness, politicians included. Definitely, the new duty came as a big surprise for the Mexican government, where opinions vary from Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez Colin saying “We’ll sell them somewhere else” to President Andrés Manuel

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Trump: The Fracking US President

By RICARDO CASILLO     U.S. President Donald J. Trump is in Davos, Switzerland, for a couple of days to participate in the 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) powwow of billionaires and presidents who this year meet under the motto “Creating a shared future in a fractured world.” What’s Earth-fracking Trump doing there? I wonder. The Gringo Lone Ranger is meeting with

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