He’s the guy Mexicans love to hate: An American pro wrestler has become a sensation in Mexico City by adopting the ring persona of a flamboyant Donald Trump supporter. Sam Polinsky, aka Sam Adonis, revels in being a target for “luche libre” fans who use him as a stand-in for the new U.S. president, whose pledges to step up deportations, build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and lure jobs back to the U.S. have earned the anger of Mexicans like no president before.
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Marchers across Mexico vent anger over Trump, and their own president
A man holds up a placard with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump during a march to protest against Trump’s proposed border wall and to call for unity, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 12, 2017. Demonstrators hold placards that collectively read ‘No wall’ during a march to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, and to call for unity, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 12, 2017.
Harlingen Shrimp Fest is back
Shrimp Fest is a 501 not for profit corporation which is organized to support the philanthropic work of the Rotary Clubs of Harlingen and San Benito.
Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona
Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona The mother of two American-born children came to U.S. in 1996 at the age of 14. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/2kuFW86 She committed a felony in 2008, but her attorneys say it wasn’t until President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration enforcement policies that she was deported, separating her from her two children. Jacqueline Rayos Garcia, the daughter of Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos protests outside ICE headquarters in Phoenix on Feb. 8, 2017.
Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona
Mexico warns citizens of ‘new reality’ after undocumented mom deported from Arizona The mother of two American-born children came to U.S. in 1996 at the age of 14. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/2kuFW86 She committed a felony in 2008, but her attorneys say it wasn’t until President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration enforcement policies that she was deported, separating her from her two children. Jacqueline Rayos Garcia, the daughter of Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos protests outside ICE headquarters in Phoenix on Feb. 8, 2017.
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Authorities in the northern Mexico say they’ve arrested a businessman accused in the U.S. of helping a former governor launder money. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Aldo Fasci Zuazua says state police investigators arrested Fernando Cano Martinez in the wealthy Monterrey suburb of San Pedro Garza Garcia on Thursday.
Mexican farmer’s daughter: NAFTA destroyed us
If you ask President Donald Trump, Mexico won the lottery almost 25 years ago when it signed NAFTA, the free trade deal with the United States and Canada. “It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost,” Trump tweeted on Jan. 26. But if you ask Griselda Mendoza, the deal nearly destroyed her family and her community of corn farmers in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
A Day Without Women?
The Women’s March on Washington has decided to become a permanent fixture on the political scene, not just a pink hat-wearing one-off. But that means it’s gotta do something, so it’s come up with something to do: a “general strike” with the catchy title “A Day Without a Woman.”
San Benito bans texting while driving
“If you’re driving through San Benito, you’ve got to be careful,” Police Chief Michael Galvan said after the meeting.
San Diego, Tijuana mayors extol virtues of cross-border ties
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, left, and Tijuana, Mexico, Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum discuss the benefits of cross-border ties at a news conference at San Diego City Hall, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The mayors of the largest metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border called for stronger binational ties, striking a sharp contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to build a wall and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Bibi, Mind Your Own Business
The Israel Prime Minister stepped in a hole and kept digging when he praised Trump’s wall. Stay out of our hemisphere, buddy.
Photos: Joshua Franco vs. Victor Pasillas – LA Fight Club Weigh-In
LA FIGHT CLUB Feb. 3 fighters Joshua “The Professor” Franco , Hector “El Finito” Tanajara, Jr. , Ryan “Kingry” Garcia , David “June Bug” Mijares , and Jonathan “Thunder” Navarro today stepped on the scales for their upcoming fight for the on the Feb. 3 edition of LA FIGHT CLUB. Photos by Kyte Monroe/Box Stats.
Mexico president gets a bounce from clash with Trump
In this Jan. 23, 2017 photo, Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto makes a pause during a press conference at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City. Mexico says President Enrique Pena Nieto has talked with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the North American Free Trade Agreement ahead of planned meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Francisco Vargas: He Cut Me, I Couldn’t See, I Want a Rematch
In a heart and soul performance before a sold-out crowd at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt pulled the upset of a lifetime and was crowned the new after an 11th round stoppage of former two-time world champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas . The fight featured moments of heavy exchanges, which resulted in the reopening of a former cut above one of Vargas’s eyes during the ninth round.
Giuliani Calls For ‘Detention Centers’ For Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Crimes
Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 18, 2016. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Steve Chapman: Trump’s immigration crackdown will backfire
Government failures come in two basic forms. The first kind is not achieving the intended result — say job training that leads to no jobs or a Marine recruiting campaign that gets few takers.
Trump not ‘Terminator,’ sees opportunities for Mexico:…
MEXICO CITY: Billionaire Carlos Slim said on Friday Mexico should not fear Donald Trump, seeing opportunities for his country in the U.S. president’s economic policies, and praised Mexicans for uniting behind their government in talks with the northern neighbor. In a rare news conference, the telecoms and construction mogul called Trump a negotiator, “not Terminator” and said his repeated attacks on Mexico had united the country, giving President Enrique Pena Nieto “strength” in trade and border security talks.
FCB Mexico Is Teaching Kids About Equality With a Game They Can Play Together in Different Cities
As President Trump moves ahead with a plan to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border, Mexico City continues to find ways to teach children separated by socioeconomic status about equality. As a way to bring people together, FCB Mexico created a game that’s all about breaking down walls, real and imagined.
Texas country responds, via Twitter, to Trump’s border wall
In 15 years they still haven’t finished I-35 between Austin and Waco.” @RichOToole: “How in the world could they build a wall between Texas and Mexico..
UPDATE 1-Canada trade minister: Can resolve Bombardier funding without WTO
Jan 27 Canada’s newly appointed Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Friday he has told Brazil he is open to resolving a feud over funding for jet maker Bombardier without turning to the World Trade Organization. Champagne told reporters he had discussed Bombardier with his Brazilian counterpart over dinner at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos.
Border groups scramble for message to counter Trump’s wall, tax talk
View of the U.S.- Mexico border fence in the outskirts of Tijuana, northwestern Mexico on Thursday. A broad-based alliance of border advocates gathered in Tijuana on Thursday to call for a public campaign to highlight the benefits of bilateral trade and the need for U.S.-Mexico collaboration – a striking counterpoint to President Donald Trump’s plans for a border wall and a proposal to fund it through a 20 percent import tax.
Trump’s wall met with skepticism, unease on US-Mexico border
President Donald Trump moved aggressively to tighten the nation’s immigration controls Wednesday, signing executive actions to jumpst… . Clothing and a backpack lay on the tracks of the railroad used by migrants jumping trains traveling northbound, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017.
Mexico opposition leader urges U.N. lawsuit over Trump wall
A cold-case investigation into the disappearance of a woman in Manchester in 1981 took a twist Wednesday when the state Attorney General’s Office announced it will hold a press briefing… Gabriel Verpaelst’s fourth goal of the season sent the Norfolk Admirals to a 4-3 overtime win over the Manchester Monarchs in ECHL play Wednesday night in … (more)
A look at border security, fencing as Trump announces wall
President Donald Trump announced his long-awaited plan Wednesday to build a wall on the 1,954-mile U.S. border with Mexico, calling for its “immediate construction” to stop the flow of smuggling and drugs. One-third of the U.S.-Mexico border, or 653 miles, is already studded with fence in a potpourri of styles, from menacing barriers to those that can be easily hopped.
Official: Mexico’s president ‘considering’ scrapping US trip
Mexico’s president is “considering” canceling next week’s visit to Washington following President Donald Trump’s order to begin construction of a wall between the two countries, a senior official said Wednesday. The decision to rethink the visit comes amid growing outrage in Mexico, and a sense among many that President Enrique Pena Nieto has been too weak in the face of Trump’s tough policy stance.
See David Bowiea s trek to Mexico in Glendale photo exhibit
David Bowie tries to blend in with the Diego Rivera´s wall painting, “The Man, Ruler of the World,” at the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City. This image, “Diego Rivera’s Mural, Mexico,” will be on exhibit in “David Bowie: Among the Mexican Masters” at the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale starting today.
Treat Mexico as a friend, not as our enemy
People protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration next to a fake wall with a dummy representing him in Mexico City last week. If Trump proceeds with plans for a border wall, this will unnecessarily sour relations with a valued ally.
BRIEF-Beigene initiates global Phase III trial of the BTK inhibitor BGB-3111
Sales increased 11.2 percent in November compared to the same month a year earlier.
BRIEF-Positive topline results show Eisai’s Lenvatinib meets primary endpoint
Sales increased 11.2 percent in November compared to the same month a year earlier.
Sleep in sustainable luxury inside this eco-friendly jungle treehouse
Travelers looking to indulge in a different perspective of the beautiful YucatA n coastline will do well by ascending the eco-friendly Treehouse at Papaya Playa Project . As the newest addition to the luxury resort’s 85 casitas and cabaA as, this hotel room nestled in the heart of the jungle offers luxury with an environmentally friendly twist.
What Trump needs to build his ‘Giant Wall’
What Trump needs to build his ‘Giant Wall’ Trump will need a big lift from Congress to build his border wall. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kqi3C3 President Trump has promised to build his “giant wall,” but it will take a lot of help to make it a reality.
Trump moves to pull US out of Pacific-Rim trade deal
President Donald Trump moved to pull the United States out of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise as he began his first full week in office. “Great thing for the American worker that we just did,” Trump said as he signed a notice in the Oval Office.
Trump moves to pull US out of Pacific-Rim trade deal
President Donald Trump moved to pull the United States out of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise as he began his first full week in office. “Great thing for the American worker that we just did,” Trump said as he signed a notice in the Oval Office.
Protesters take control of Mexican border crossing with US
Protesters took control of vehicle lanes at one of the busiest crossings on the U.S. border Sunday to oppose Mexican gasoline price hikes, waving through motorists into Mexico after Mexican authorities abandoned their posts. Motorists headed to Mexico zipped by about 50 demonstrators at the Otay Mesa port of entry connecting San Diego and Tijuana, many of them honking to show support.
Authorities in Mexico arrest man suspected in Oregon deputy’s traffic collision death
Authorities have arrested a man in the Mexican state of Puebla who is wanted in the traffic collision deaths of Marion County Deputy Kelly Fredinburg and another man in 2007, according to the Oregon State Police. “It has been nearly 10 years since the tragic loss of Deputy Kelly Fredinburg,” Marion County Sheriff Jason Myers said in a news release issued Saturday.
Joaquin a El Chapoa Guzman Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in His First Appearance in New York Courtroom
Joaquin Guzman Loera, the Mexican drug lord also known as “El Chapo” who was recaptured last year after escaping from prison, made his first appearance in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, this afternoon. Guzman, a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel based in Mexico, was extradited from Mexico to the United States late Thursday.
‘El Chapo’ is hauled off to US jail that has held terrorists
In this photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. An armed officer stands guard as a vehicle carrying Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman arrives at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.
After Trump pledges ‘America First,’ the world responds with…
If the credo of the new U.S. president is “America First,” as Donald Trump emphatically declared Friday in his strikingly nationalistic inaugural address, then where does that leave the rest of the world? That’s what people around the globe – from Asia to the Middle East to Latin America – were left to wonder after watching Trump use the opening minutes of his presidency to double down on campaign pledges to end what he sees as misguided efforts to help other countries at the expense of U.S. interests. After more than 70 years of vigorous political, diplomatic, economic and military engagement to promote pax-Americana, Trump’s words suggested to international observers a far more isolationist and protectionist path ahead.
‘El Chapo’ Guzman pleads not guilty in US to 17 counts
Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, a Houdini-like master of escape accused of running one of the world’s largest drug trafficking organizations, entered a not guilty plea through his attorney at an arraignment Friday in federal court in Brooklyn. The diminutive, clean-shaven trafficker, described by a federal official as “the most notorious criminal of modern time,” was not handcuffed and wore a dark blue short-sleeved shirt and pants with white sneakers during his brief appearance in a packed courtroom.
‘El Chapo’ appears in a U.S. court for the first time, pleads not guilty – Fri, 20 Jan 2017 PST
Accused drug lord Joaqumn “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S. court here for the first time Friday, pleading not guilty to the charges against him as prosecutors revealed in stunning detail how they intend to build and prove their case. Guzman, dressed in dark blue prison garb, said, “Yes, sir,” in Spanish as a judge asked questions about whether he understood the charges against him.