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Threats of tariffs on Mexican goods stresses relationship with key U.S. trade partner

Dec 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened 25% tariffs on Mexican goods unless more is done to stop illegal immigration and illegal drugs.
Mexico is now the United States' biggest trading partner, sending roughly $500 billion worth of goods to the U.S. each year.
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Mexico's massive new Tren Maya rail network raises environmental concerns

Jan 8, 2024
The cost of Mexico's 1,500-kilometer train line has ballooned to more than $28 billion.
An aerial view of the construction of part of the Tren Maya in Uman, Mexico, in August.
Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

'Las Patronas' and the journey north

Aug 15, 2014
A group of Mexican women, "Las Patronas," are helping migrants on their journey north.

Disappearing jobs: organ grinders

Jan 13, 2014
In Mexico, sounds of the organ grinder are fading away.