Fallout in Mexico from Trump’s visit: The finance minister who negotiated it paid the price

Fallout in Mexico from Trump’s visit: The finance minister who negotiated it paid the price

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, MexiData.info In the aftermath of the controversial visit of Donald Trump to Mexico, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s closest adviser, lost his cabinet position. The change was announced by President Peña Nieto at a press conference on Sept. 7, a week after the appearance by […]

Phyllis Schlafly’s final column: ‘Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva’

Phyllis Schlafly’s final column: ‘Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The following is Phyllis Schlafly’s final column. The conservative icon passed away on Sept. 5 at age 92. Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Mexico, where he met the Mexican president and discussed the many contentious issues between our two countries, reminds me of President Reagan’s important trip to Geneva […]

Both Trump and Peña Nieto get the core value of the U.S.-Mexico political equation

Both Trump and Peña Nieto get the core value of the U.S.-Mexico political equation

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders President Enrique Peña Nieto’s invitation to the two U.S. candidates for president is one more instance of the growing role of Mexico in domestic American politics. There was a time, now long ago politically, when Mexican politicians preferred to ignore what they considered an embarrassment of the Mexican […]

Soros foundation sought to influence negotiations for Internet regulation

Soros foundation sought to influence negotiations for Internet regulation

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2016 An organization funded by George Soros, a proponent of net neutrality, attempted to buy its way into negotiations that would impact Internet regulation, a leaked document shows. With net regulation as its main concern, the leftist billionaire’s Open Society Foundations funneled $66,290 to a nonprofit with the goal of […]

Israeli ‘smart fence’ firm says business is booming; Trump’s wall? No problem

Israeli ‘smart fence’ firm says business is booming; Trump’s wall? No problem

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that a wall will be put up at the U.S. southern border and that Mexico will pay for it. And, now, an Israeli firm says it will build Trump’s wall. Magal Security Systems Ltd. said it is ready, willing and able to […]

‘El Chapo’s new digs: Rating by human rights group is lowest of all Mexican prisons

‘El Chapo’s new digs: Rating by human rights group is lowest of all Mexican prisons

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, MexiData.info The residence of Mexican narco baron Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzman has changed again, from the Altiplano prison in Central Mexico to Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. And there may be a future move north of the border for Guzman, as a judge has approved […]

Mothers of kids killed by illegals give emotional testimony before Congress

Mothers of kids killed by illegals give emotional testimony before Congress

Special to WorldTribune.com Two mothers whose children were killed by illegal aliens told Congress in emotional testimony on April 19 that their children would still be alive if the Obama administration had enforced U.S. immigration laws. Laura Wilkerson – mother of a teenage boy murdered by an illegal alien – said in testimony on April […]

Mexico’s president replaces ambassador, says Trump must be ‘taken seriously’

Mexico’s president replaces ambassador, says Trump must be ‘taken seriously’

Special to WorldTribune.com Donald Trump has succeeded in getting Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto’s attention. Spurred by Trump’s tough talk, which includes building a border wall and making Mexico pay for it, Nieto has dispatched a new ambassador and a crisis-communications expert to Washington to strengthen the “relations, promotion and image of our country” in […]

Breakthrough south of the border: Mexicans freed from Pemex monopoly at gas stations

Breakthrough south of the border: Mexicans freed from Pemex monopoly at gas stations

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The news that Mexico is moving one more step to break the monopoly of Petróleos Mexicanos [Pemex], the government-owned producer and until now monopoly retailer, is big and good news. With the world’s tenth largest economy, Mexican growth at between four and five percent over the past few […]

Trump details how he’ll get Mexico to pay for border wall

Trump details how he’ll get Mexico to pay for border wall

Special to WorldTribune.com Donald Trump plans to use a strategy that includes the Patriot Act, tariffs on imports and raising visa fees to get Mexico to pay for a wall on the U.S.’s southern border. “We have the moral high ground here, and all the leverage,” a memo released by the Trump campaign on April […]