José Díaz Briseño
@diazbriseno.bsky.social
US Correspondent @Reforma
US Contributor @DeutscheWelle
Alumn: @Columbia University • @ElColegioDeMéxico
Home: Tlautla 🌵 (MX) • Friûl 🍇 (IT)
Covering 🇺🇸🇲🇽US/Mexico news from Washington, DC.
US Contributor @DeutscheWelle
Alumn: @Columbia University • @ElColegioDeMéxico
Home: Tlautla 🌵 (MX) • Friûl 🍇 (IT)
Covering 🇺🇸🇲🇽US/Mexico news from Washington, DC.
US liberals writing articles about how magnificent Mexico is, glossing over the country’s own anti-democratic drift, just for the sake of ranting against Trump.
Please, stop.
Please, stop.
April 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
US liberals writing articles about how magnificent Mexico is, glossing over the country’s own anti-democratic drift, just for the sake of ranting against Trump.
Please, stop.
Please, stop.
NEW— Trump's tariffs by whim have left 40% of US imports fr/Mexico (tequila/fridges/beer) in bureaucratic "limbo". Before Mar 4, these products arrived under MFN "0% rate". Given that US tariff code doesnt stipulate USMCA special rate they are now subject to 25% tariff
via @reformacom.bsky.social
via @reformacom.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW— Trump's tariffs by whim have left 40% of US imports fr/Mexico (tequila/fridges/beer) in bureaucratic "limbo". Before Mar 4, these products arrived under MFN "0% rate". Given that US tariff code doesnt stipulate USMCA special rate they are now subject to 25% tariff
via @reformacom.bsky.social
via @reformacom.bsky.social
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• At the Business Roundtable today, Trump boasted about how his tariff threats are ALREADY discouraging investment in🇲🇽Mexico, including in the auto sector.
• Trump again pointed to Honda's decision to build its Civic Hybrid in Indiana instead of Guanajuato.
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• At the Business Roundtable today, Trump boasted about how his tariff threats are ALREADY discouraging investment in🇲🇽Mexico, including in the auto sector.
• Trump again pointed to Honda's decision to build its Civic Hybrid in Indiana instead of Guanajuato.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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• At the Business Roundtable today, Trump boasted about how his tariff threats are ALREADY discouraging investment in🇲🇽Mexico, including in the auto sector.
• Trump again pointed to Honda's decision to build its Civic Hybrid in Indiana instead of Guanajuato.
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• At the Business Roundtable today, Trump boasted about how his tariff threats are ALREADY discouraging investment in🇲🇽Mexico, including in the auto sector.
• Trump again pointed to Honda's decision to build its Civic Hybrid in Indiana instead of Guanajuato.
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Washington - Berlin - Kyiv, hoy por DW Español
February 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Washington - Berlin - Kyiv, hoy por DW Español
•Mexico is mobilizing 10k troops to the US border as agreed w/Trump
•For decades, military mobilization has been sold to Mexicans as a cure vs drugs/violence only to discover that limited investigative capacities/prosecutions hamper success. Trump may soon learn this
via @reformacom.bsky.social 👇
•For decades, military mobilization has been sold to Mexicans as a cure vs drugs/violence only to discover that limited investigative capacities/prosecutions hamper success. Trump may soon learn this
via @reformacom.bsky.social 👇
February 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
•Mexico is mobilizing 10k troops to the US border as agreed w/Trump
•For decades, military mobilization has been sold to Mexicans as a cure vs drugs/violence only to discover that limited investigative capacities/prosecutions hamper success. Trump may soon learn this
via @reformacom.bsky.social 👇
•For decades, military mobilization has been sold to Mexicans as a cure vs drugs/violence only to discover that limited investigative capacities/prosecutions hamper success. Trump may soon learn this
via @reformacom.bsky.social 👇
TRUMP:
“(Sheinbaum) agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the border…These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our country”
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“(Sheinbaum) agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the border…These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our country”
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February 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TRUMP:
“(Sheinbaum) agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the border…These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our country”
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“(Sheinbaum) agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the border…These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our country”
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•Novice observers of Mexico would like to see in Prez Sheinbaum a righteous leader fighting a bully who ignores global legality
•Yet, as this post by @eliudtapia.bsky.social reminds us, Sheinbaum herself is using irregular means to implement changes undermining the independence of the Judiciary
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•Yet, as this post by @eliudtapia.bsky.social reminds us, Sheinbaum herself is using irregular means to implement changes undermining the independence of the Judiciary
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February 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
•Novice observers of Mexico would like to see in Prez Sheinbaum a righteous leader fighting a bully who ignores global legality
•Yet, as this post by @eliudtapia.bsky.social reminds us, Sheinbaum herself is using irregular means to implement changes undermining the independence of the Judiciary
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•Yet, as this post by @eliudtapia.bsky.social reminds us, Sheinbaum herself is using irregular means to implement changes undermining the independence of the Judiciary
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Reposted by José Díaz Briseño
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In today’s @Reforma:
“Trump’s deportations: between show & fear”
When interviewed by Lauran Ingraham this week, DHS Secretary Noem responded “yes we can” when pressed if the Trump Administration could deport “15 million”
Yet, at the current pace it would take them 39 years
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“Trump’s deportations: between show & fear”
When interviewed by Lauran Ingraham this week, DHS Secretary Noem responded “yes we can” when pressed if the Trump Administration could deport “15 million”
Yet, at the current pace it would take them 39 years
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February 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In today’s @Reforma:
“Trump’s deportations: between show & fear”
When interviewed by Lauran Ingraham this week, DHS Secretary Noem responded “yes we can” when pressed if the Trump Administration could deport “15 million”
Yet, at the current pace it would take them 39 years
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“Trump’s deportations: between show & fear”
When interviewed by Lauran Ingraham this week, DHS Secretary Noem responded “yes we can” when pressed if the Trump Administration could deport “15 million”
Yet, at the current pace it would take them 39 years
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Yes, the 25% tariff will hit the Mexican economy hard.
But as evidenced by Mexico City's front pages, the inclusion of a line in Trump's EO talking about an "intolerable alliance" between the Mexican Govt & the cartels may have holed the relationship w/Sheinbaum below the waterline.
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But as evidenced by Mexico City's front pages, the inclusion of a line in Trump's EO talking about an "intolerable alliance" between the Mexican Govt & the cartels may have holed the relationship w/Sheinbaum below the waterline.
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February 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yes, the 25% tariff will hit the Mexican economy hard.
But as evidenced by Mexico City's front pages, the inclusion of a line in Trump's EO talking about an "intolerable alliance" between the Mexican Govt & the cartels may have holed the relationship w/Sheinbaum below the waterline.
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But as evidenced by Mexico City's front pages, the inclusion of a line in Trump's EO talking about an "intolerable alliance" between the Mexican Govt & the cartels may have holed the relationship w/Sheinbaum below the waterline.
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TRUMP’s JUSTIFICATION FOR TARIFFS ON MEXICO:
"The Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the Govt of Mexico. The Govt of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels...This alliance endangers the national security of the US"
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"The Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the Govt of Mexico. The Govt of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels...This alliance endangers the national security of the US"
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February 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
TRUMP’s JUSTIFICATION FOR TARIFFS ON MEXICO:
"The Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the Govt of Mexico. The Govt of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels...This alliance endangers the national security of the US"
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"The Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the Govt of Mexico. The Govt of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels...This alliance endangers the national security of the US"
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🇲🇽MEXICO:
- Mexican Economy contracts 0.6% in Q4 2024
- Annual 2024 GDP growth: 1.3% (half the US's)
Grim outlook for President Sheinbaum as she confronts 🇺🇸Trump's tariffs threat.
via INEGI
- Mexican Economy contracts 0.6% in Q4 2024
- Annual 2024 GDP growth: 1.3% (half the US's)
Grim outlook for President Sheinbaum as she confronts 🇺🇸Trump's tariffs threat.
via INEGI
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🇲🇽MEXICO:
- Mexican Economy contracts 0.6% in Q4 2024
- Annual 2024 GDP growth: 1.3% (half the US's)
Grim outlook for President Sheinbaum as she confronts 🇺🇸Trump's tariffs threat.
via INEGI
- Mexican Economy contracts 0.6% in Q4 2024
- Annual 2024 GDP growth: 1.3% (half the US's)
Grim outlook for President Sheinbaum as she confronts 🇺🇸Trump's tariffs threat.
via INEGI
Taunting Trump
January 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Taunting Trump
Sheinbaum preemptively agreeing to Trump’s Remain in Mexico paints her in an opposite light to the anti-Trump champion that some US liberals would hope her to be.
January 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Sheinbaum preemptively agreeing to Trump’s Remain in Mexico paints her in an opposite light to the anti-Trump champion that some US liberals would hope her to be.
To be credible, Latin America's anti-imperialist left should have lashed out (just as it does vs Trump's deportations) at Mexico's immigration control policies, such as when AMLO reimposed visas on Brazilians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorians & Peruvians at the request of the US.
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
To be credible, Latin America's anti-imperialist left should have lashed out (just as it does vs Trump's deportations) at Mexico's immigration control policies, such as when AMLO reimposed visas on Brazilians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorians & Peruvians at the request of the US.
•The @StateDept says the US has already restarted the Remain in Mexico program
•Thanks to historic deal w/AMLO, 1st Trump Administration returned +77k non-Mexicans (Spanish speaking + Brazilians) between 2019/20
•On Thursday, US says it returned 2k to Mexico
via @Reforma 👉
•Thanks to historic deal w/AMLO, 1st Trump Administration returned +77k non-Mexicans (Spanish speaking + Brazilians) between 2019/20
•On Thursday, US says it returned 2k to Mexico
via @Reforma 👉
January 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
•The @StateDept says the US has already restarted the Remain in Mexico program
•Thanks to historic deal w/AMLO, 1st Trump Administration returned +77k non-Mexicans (Spanish speaking + Brazilians) between 2019/20
•On Thursday, US says it returned 2k to Mexico
via @Reforma 👉
•Thanks to historic deal w/AMLO, 1st Trump Administration returned +77k non-Mexicans (Spanish speaking + Brazilians) between 2019/20
•On Thursday, US says it returned 2k to Mexico
via @Reforma 👉
Mexico's @reformacom.bsky.social front page
"Trump is tearing down the old world but doesnt have much vision for a new order except to Make America Great Again without bothering with the rest of the world. This is not a vision so much as a delusion" Mathew Burrows @stimsoncenter.bsky.social said
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"Trump is tearing down the old world but doesnt have much vision for a new order except to Make America Great Again without bothering with the rest of the world. This is not a vision so much as a delusion" Mathew Burrows @stimsoncenter.bsky.social said
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January 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Mexico's @reformacom.bsky.social front page
"Trump is tearing down the old world but doesnt have much vision for a new order except to Make America Great Again without bothering with the rest of the world. This is not a vision so much as a delusion" Mathew Burrows @stimsoncenter.bsky.social said
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"Trump is tearing down the old world but doesnt have much vision for a new order except to Make America Great Again without bothering with the rest of the world. This is not a vision so much as a delusion" Mathew Burrows @stimsoncenter.bsky.social said
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The moment Trump imposes tariffs on Mexican beer, he will also be imposing them on barley from Idaho, Montana & North Dakota
Like many products in North America, "Mexican beer" (such as Modelo, Corona, Tecate) is a product built on both sides of the border
Today in @reformacom.bsky.social
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Like many products in North America, "Mexican beer" (such as Modelo, Corona, Tecate) is a product built on both sides of the border
Today in @reformacom.bsky.social
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January 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The moment Trump imposes tariffs on Mexican beer, he will also be imposing them on barley from Idaho, Montana & North Dakota
Like many products in North America, "Mexican beer" (such as Modelo, Corona, Tecate) is a product built on both sides of the border
Today in @reformacom.bsky.social
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Like many products in North America, "Mexican beer" (such as Modelo, Corona, Tecate) is a product built on both sides of the border
Today in @reformacom.bsky.social
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NEW—
For many of the 4 million undocumented Mexicans living in the US, their only plan ahead of Trump’s deportation threat is their faith that the Virgin of Guadalupe will keep them safe.
👉 via @reformacom.bsky.social
For many of the 4 million undocumented Mexicans living in the US, their only plan ahead of Trump’s deportation threat is their faith that the Virgin of Guadalupe will keep them safe.
👉 via @reformacom.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
NEW—
For many of the 4 million undocumented Mexicans living in the US, their only plan ahead of Trump’s deportation threat is their faith that the Virgin of Guadalupe will keep them safe.
👉 via @reformacom.bsky.social
For many of the 4 million undocumented Mexicans living in the US, their only plan ahead of Trump’s deportation threat is their faith that the Virgin of Guadalupe will keep them safe.
👉 via @reformacom.bsky.social
Former Mexican President AMLO liked to play the nationalist while in office but that didn’t prevent him from quietly sharing with the US biometric data of migrants detained in Mexico’s detention centers & receiving millions of US funds for migration enforcement
via CRS latest report
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via CRS latest report
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December 18, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Former Mexican President AMLO liked to play the nationalist while in office but that didn’t prevent him from quietly sharing with the US biometric data of migrants detained in Mexico’s detention centers & receiving millions of US funds for migration enforcement
via CRS latest report
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via CRS latest report
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Virgin of Guadalupe celebrations in Manassas, Virginia.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Virgin of Guadalupe celebrations in Manassas, Virginia.
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NEW—
Trump's pick for US Ambassador to 🇲🇽 Mexico:
Retired Green Beret Col. Ron Johnson
video via 🇺🇸 US Army
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Trump's pick for US Ambassador to 🇲🇽 Mexico:
Retired Green Beret Col. Ron Johnson
video via 🇺🇸 US Army
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December 11, 2024 at 6:41 AM
NEW—
Trump's pick for US Ambassador to 🇲🇽 Mexico:
Retired Green Beret Col. Ron Johnson
video via 🇺🇸 US Army
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Trump's pick for US Ambassador to 🇲🇽 Mexico:
Retired Green Beret Col. Ron Johnson
video via 🇺🇸 US Army
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Mexico’s President rhetoric may play well with a certain domestic crowd but it just doesn’t fly in US public debate.
December 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Mexico’s President rhetoric may play well with a certain domestic crowd but it just doesn’t fly in US public debate.
Mexico’s autocratization process under President Sheinbaum cannot be absent from any analysis of 🇲🇽Mexico’s reaction to Trump’s tariff threat as it weakens the country’s economic position while alienating natural allies inside the 🇺🇸US & 🇨🇦Canada key to any successful negotiation.
November 29, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Mexico’s autocratization process under President Sheinbaum cannot be absent from any analysis of 🇲🇽Mexico’s reaction to Trump’s tariff threat as it weakens the country’s economic position while alienating natural allies inside the 🇺🇸US & 🇨🇦Canada key to any successful negotiation.
The 🇲🇽Sheinbaum Govt hates to boast about it (& the 🇺🇸Trump camp likes to glance away) but Mexico is already arresting RECORD numbers of US-bound migrants since last December when Biden closed 2 railway crossing bridges after a peak in 🇺🇸🇲🇽 border encounters
Graph by @adamisacson.com
Graph by @adamisacson.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:47 PM
The 🇲🇽Sheinbaum Govt hates to boast about it (& the 🇺🇸Trump camp likes to glance away) but Mexico is already arresting RECORD numbers of US-bound migrants since last December when Biden closed 2 railway crossing bridges after a peak in 🇺🇸🇲🇽 border encounters
Graph by @adamisacson.com
Graph by @adamisacson.com