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USMCA Gets First Legislative Approval

By RICARDO CASTILLO The Mexican Senate approved by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday, June 19, the new United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) that will replace the 25-year-old and outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In an extraordinary session, the 128-member Senate discussed the nature of the document, which was negotiated and signed by former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

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The Best Hope for Slowing Central American Migration

By RICARDO CASTILLO    Wherefore art thou, Donald Trump? In reelection limbo, it seems. Over the past two days, the president of the United States has been directing his same old capricious criticism at Mexico, alleging that the United States’ southern neighbor “is doing nothing” to stop the now very dangerous northern flow of desperate migrants from Central American countries. And

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