Mexican Peso plummets after Trump won The Mexican peso has been a proxy for Trump’s presidential hopes‚ but it took a huge beating after Trump was announced the new US presidential-elect. From the minute US polls closed‚ the peso began to slide‚ eventually nose-diving to a record low‚ as the global forex market took in the news of the US election in real time. The currency dropped more than 12% against the US dollar‚ as investors began to wonder what would eventually happen to Mexico’s exports
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Mexicans immigrated to the United States back in the 1800’s (Stanford‚ 2006). During 1848 the United States took over a part of Mexico which is now the Southwest (Stanford‚ 2006). Mexicans living in these areas were Mexican citizens before the acquisition. The United States even went into agreements with Mexico to have Mexicans work in the United States. Mexicans were treated with cruelty‚ while working the agriculture fields for years. The United States made several agreements with Mexico to have
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Title: Mexican Immigration Specific Purpose: To inform classmates on the causes and effects of Mexican immigration Thesis Statement: The causes of Mexican immigration is a combination of "push/pull" factors‚ where conditions in Mexico push them out and opportunity in the U.S. pulls them in‚ where they actually become an asset to the U.S. economy. INTRODUCTION: Attention-getting material: Imagine waking up everyday to hunger‚ hopelessness‚ and despair‚ knowing that you cannot do anything about
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border dividing the Mexican people was formed. The Mexican border means various things to different people. To date‚ 600 miles of border wall has already been built. This wall would extend from California‚ to El Paso‚ to the valley. The first reason given by the government for construction of the wall was to prevent terrorist attacks‚ the next was to keep illegal Mexicans out‚ and the most current one is to combat the drug smuggling into the United States. For some Mexicans and Mexican Americans‚ the
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The Status of Mexican Americans‚ 1848-1900 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: treaty that conclude the war b/w U.s and Mexico. U.S wins and texas is now part of USA 50% of Territory: mexico forced by this treaty to give up 50% of its territory Mexican Nationals Property & Economic Rights Article IX: provide protection of property Article X: grants citizenship Changing Society: Americanization 1. head political system 2. dislocate the landed elite 3. displace
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Illegal Immigration Mexican illegal immigration has been a problem for the United States for a long time. Many of the illegal immigrants have come into the U.S through the Mexican border. Some people have entered the country legally through a visit visa‚ but then they stay illegally and work in various places. Mexican immigration into the U.S is a way in which the economy is being harmed. The Mexican illegal immigrants pose many problems for our country and they should not be allowed to enter in
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at the Nueces River and that the disputed territory was theirs‚ but the United States believed that they bordered at the Rio Grande and that the disputed territory was theirs. In 1845‚ a group of troops were walking in the distributed area‚ when Mexican soldiers fired upon them‚ killing 16 of them. This was one of the reasons that the U.S went to war with Mexico in 1846. The United States was justified in going to war with
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in going to war with Mexico; this was due to the fact that the land was rightfully claimed by Mexico‚ our lack of acknowledgment towards the Mexican government‚ and the fact that Mexico was just protecting their borders. One of the reasons the United States was unjustified in going to war with Mexico was the fact that the land belonged to Mexico. Mexican territory‚ in 1830‚ was equivalent to that of the U.S. at the time. According to map 84 in the background essay‚ Mexico used to stretch from
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Mexican Independence In New Spain‚ the Bourbon monarchies in 1808-1810 encouraged some creoles leaders to strike for total independence under the cover of Ferdinand. On July 1808‚ Napoleon’s capture of Charles the VI and Ferdinand the VII‚ and capture of Spain reached Mexico causing intense debate between Mexican elites. Creoles and Peninsulars prepared to take power and ensure their group would have power over the other; New Spain‚ like other Spanish colonies‚ went through the crisis of the Bourbon
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The Mexican Drug War “ NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL” TERM PAPER Kevin Auerswald Student ID 4848835 Bradford W. Carey Professional English C1 International Business Administration Frankfurt School of Finance and Management A war has been raging in Mexico’s border towns for nearly a decade as rival drug cartels battle for regional control and the smuggling routes to America. However‚ the Mexican government has declared its own war on the ruthless drug barons. Since Felipe Calderón
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