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By Lizzy Becherano Former MLS and Liga MX figure DeMarcus Beasley highlighted the impact of Leagues Cup on the US/Mexico rivalry, explaining “the games mean something to these clubs.” The second edition of Leagues Cup returns this summer, with all 47 clubs from Liga MX and Major League Soccer competing in the month-long tournament for the coveted trophy and a 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup slot. The competition will run from July 26 to August 25 throughout the United States, with no matches held in Mexico. But Liga MX and MLS executives agreed to introduce hubs for the highest ranking Mexican tea...
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By Lizzy Becherano Jamaican national team goalkeeper Andre Blake expects a difficult match against Mexico when facing the Concacaf rival in the upcoming Copa America group stage. Blake led the Reggae Boyz to history, inspiring the 4-4 draw on aggregate against Canada to qualify for the 2024 Copa America on away goals. The dramatic result will see Jamaica feature in the Concacaf/Conmebol tournament for the first time ever. "It meant the world. That's my home country, I give everything to them. To be able to qualify for Copa, that was big time. It's probably the biggest tournament we are going t...
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Illustration by Connectas. Used with permission. This article was written by Carlos Gutiérrez and published in CONNECTAS on February 23, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media partnership. The attendees will never forget that soccer match on Saturday, February 10, between Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM) and Santa Fe. And not because of what happened on the field, but because of what was experienced in the stands. Young Sebastián Pamplona came to the stadium to fulfill his last wish: to see DIM, his favorite team from his birth country Colombia, play for th...
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Eagle Pass (United States) (AFP) - Joe Biden and Donald Trump traded blame for America's immigration crisis as they made dueling visits to the US-Mexican border Thursday, putting the hot-button issue at the heart of their race for the White House in November. In near-simultaneous speeches in Texas, Republican former president Trump called the record numbers of border crossings a "Joe Biden invasion" -- while the Democratic incumbent urged his rival to stop "playing politics" with proposed migration reforms. The split-screen moment highlighted what could be a make-or-break issue in the presiden...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will both visit the US-Mexico border on Thursday in a high-profile clash of schedules as they vie to win over voters on immigration -- one of the hottest issues in the 2024 election. With record numbers of migrants crossing into the United States, Biden has sought to defuse a major threat to his reelection campaign by blaming Congress for failing to back his reforms. For Trump, a hard anti-immigration stance has been central to his political identity for years, and he has repeatedly vowed to crack down on crossings from Mexico as he seeks...
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Mexico City (AFP) - It wasn't his first choice, but Mexico is now home for Evens Luxama -- along with thousands of other Haitians forced to put their hopes of migrating to the United States on hold. The 34-year-old is one of a growing number of people from the crisis-torn Caribbean nation pursuing what activists have described as the "Mexican dream," building a life in a land that migrants traditionally hurried through. "I wanted to go to the United States, but I don't think there's another country that offers the opportunity that Mexico does right now," said Luxama, who hopes his partner and ...
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Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's transparency and data protection office announced Thursday a probe of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's disclosure of a journalist's telephone number at his daily press briefing. Lopez Obrador revealed the number of The New York Times reporter while reading out questions from the newspaper related to a report it was about to publish about alleged drug cartel links to his allies. The National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection said that it would investigate whether the disclosure broke the law. The controversy comes ...
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NEW YORK — A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody Thursday for the Bronx subway station gang shooting that left a bystander dead and five others wounded, police said. The teen was grabbed up after he was identified as one of at three wanted suspected triggermen in the Monday afternoon rush hour shooting at the Mount Eden subway stop Monday afternoon. No charges were immediately filed. A “chance encounter” between rival gangs sparked a fight, during which three men pulled their guns and started blasting, cop said. The suspects continued firing at their rivals on the train platform and on the ...
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Mexico City (AFP) - Population numbers of endangered monarch butterflies have fallen sharply at their wintering sites in Mexico, experts said Wednesday, blaming the "sobering" drop primarily on climate change and the use of pesticides. The orange, black and white-spotted insects covered 0.90 hectares (2.2 acres) of forest in the 2023-2024 season, Gloria Tavera, conservation director at the National Commission for Natural Protected Areas, said. That marked a decline of 59 percent from the previous year, she told a news conference. "Much has to do with climate change -- drought and high temperat...
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By Braden Chalker Monterrey have confirmed the signing of Mexican national team full-back Gerardo Arteaga from Belgian first division side Genk. Arteaga makes a return to Liga MX where he made a name for himself several years back with Santos Laguna. The left-back made headlines in his home country after breaking through at the first-team level in September 2016, where he managed one goal and four assists in 107 appearances while lifting the 2018 Clausura title with the Verdiblancos. His impressive showings for Santos Laguna garnered interest from European sides, and he departed Mexico in Augu...
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