Grace Carr on January 9, 2019 A majority of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops fighting in Syria and Afghanistan, according to a Tuesday Politico poll. Twenty-five percent of Americans strongly support the decision to bring home troops from Afghanistan and Syria, and 31 percent somewhat support the decision, according to the poll….
Thomas Phippen on September 8, 2017 A major earthquake struck Mexico and Guatemala Thursday night, and it could be the biggest in Mexico in more than a century, according to the Associated Press. The epicenter of the earthquake was off Mexico’s southern coast, but was felt 650 miles north in Mexico City, and as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Robert Donachie The government of Mexico responded to President Donald Trump’s call Sunday for the nation to pay for a wall along the southern border of U.S. and Mexico. The Mexican foreign ministry strongly asserted Sunday evening that it would not pay for a wall “under any circumstances.” Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke A well-known reporter who built his career documenting the inner workings of drug cartels was killed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa Monday afternoon, the latest victim of anti-press violence in what has become one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists. Javier Valdez, the founder of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen President Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after calls from the leaders of Mexico and Canada, and said “It would’ve been very disrespectful” if he had refused. “I was all set to terminate [NAFTA], you know?,” Trump told the Economist during an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Mexico now ranks second in the world for most deadly conflict zone, surpassing both Iraq and Afghanistan and trailing just behind Syria. Fatalities resulting from the escalating conflict between criminal cartel organizations in Mexico reached 23,000 in 2016 compared to 17,000 in Afghanistan and 16,000 in Iraq, according to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Mexican Foreign Minister said Tuesday that construction of a border wall separating the U.S. and Mexico is a “hostile act.” Luis Videgaray Caso, the foreign minister, not only labeled construction as hostile, but stated that Mexico will refuse to contribute in any way to the border wall, Reuters reports….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen On Sunday, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly made a guest appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press. When host Chuck Todd asked Kelly what he thinks the biggest challenge will be during his installment, Kelly answered: “Securing the Southern borders. Protecting the nation from national criminal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Some Mexican politicians want their old territory back and are trying to file a suit in the International Court of Justice for reparations and indemnification according to Foreign Policy. It stems from the Mexican-American War which lasted from 1846 to 1848, when the United States took over half of Mexico in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke President Donald Trump made keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S. a primary goal of his presidency, but American companies are still relocating production to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor costs. After the election, Trump issued a flurry of Twitter announcements celebrating deals with companies including…