Few countries have bet as heavily on free trade as Mexico and Canada. Now that President Trump’s 25% tariffs have hit both countries, their economies are facing a stress test that rivals the global financial crisis and the pandemic.

There is no motive or reason, nor justification that supports this decision that will affect our people and our nations,” Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told supporters in a massive rally on Sunday that dialogue and respect had prevailed in achieving a pause on U.S. tariffs and that the sovereignty of Mexico would always come first.

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City, rebounded this year, doubling the area they covered in 2024 despite the stresses of climate change