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Mother (now Saint) Teresa was a terrible patient

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 5, 2016
Even saints need support staff. Reflections by one of Mother Teresa's doctors.
Dr. Patricia Aubanel Riedel was one of Mother Teresa's doctors during the last years of her life and now works at hospital that bears her name. 
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Border communities seek economic integration

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 1, 2016
With the campaigns focused on immigration, a look at the cross-border economy.
A mural adorns the U.S.-Mexico border fence, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico. 
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Let’s do the numbers: the U.S. relationship with Mexico

by Donna Tam and Tony Wagner
Aug 31, 2016
Donald Trump’s meeting with the Mexican president highlights the U.S.’s close ties with the neighboring country.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and US presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands after a meeting in Mexico City on August 31, 2016. Trump stunned the political establishment when he announced late Tuesday that he was making the surprise trip south of the border to meet with Pena Nieto, a sharp Trump critic.   
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Trump’s visit to Mexico: Trade... and about that wall

by Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams
Aug 31, 2016
The takeaway from Trump's surprise visit to Mexico, where he met with President Enrique Peña Nieto.
EVERETT, WA - AUGUST 30: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on August 30, 2016 at Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington. Trump addressed immigration issues on the same night that his campaign confirmed an August 31 meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
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How are Mexicans reacting to Trump's visit?

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 31, 2016
For a presidential candidate that's said some nasty things about Mexicans, his visit with President Nieto comes as a surprise.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump motions to the crowd following a speech at a rally on May 26, 2016 in Billings, Montana.  
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Mexican fizzy water starts bubbling in the US

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 11, 2016
The brand is over 120 years old and has been in the U.S. since the 1980s. But now, it's really starting to pop.
Topo Chico has been around for more than a century.
Nathaniel F/Flickr
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Fishermen in Mexican town protest development of new resort

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 29, 2016
The resort has permits to build more than 4,000 new homes.
Fishermen from the Punta Lobos fishing cooperative filet their morning catch on the beach.
Nina Feldman
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Migrant families continue to risk the trek north to US

by Kimberly Adams
Jul 11, 2016
After a drop in 2015, more families and kids are illegally crossing the border.
Since Nemesis Aparicio does not speak English, volunteers at the bus station gave her a sign to ask people along her journey to help her make the right bus transfers.
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Migration is a business on Mexico's southern border

by Lorne Matalon
Jul 8, 2016
As people and goods illegally cross the Mexico-Guatemala border, many profit.
The words read "Christ Lives." Migrants and goods such as oil and foodstuffs are transported illegally on a raft below a bridge that is an official port of entry between Mexico and Guatemala.
Lorne Matalon
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Illegal trade thrives along Mexico-Guatemala border

by Lorne Matalon
Jun 30, 2016
People and goods cross freely, despite help from the U.S.
Migrants transiting Mexico once depended largely on a series of trains known collectively as La Bestia (the beast). Following raids on the trains that began in 2014, migrants say they walk long distances in the Mexican interior to avoid mobile and fixed checkpoints.
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