Mexico: Trump’s Candidacy and Bilateral Relations

FRIDAY, JULY 19

PROGRAM #10443 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. On the day after Donald Trump’s official confirmation as Republican presidential candidate, Mexican analysts discuss the potential impact of policies such as mass deportations, deployment of US special forces to the border, and onerous tariffs on imports on bilateral US-Mexico relations. On other news, Mexico’s Congress is debating constitutional reforms to the judiciary. What’s the content of the proposed reforms? What are the central lines of the political debate?

Guests: Jesus Garcia, Reporter and Editor, La Opinion/El Diario, Milwaukee, WI; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum, and Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Illustration: Sara Shakir

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