Weekly Report - 25 June 2015 (WR-15-25)

“An offensive, reckless xenophobe.” This was how the president of Mexico’s ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), César Camacho, described the US business tycoon Donald Trump on 18 June for remarks he made during a speech to launch his presidential campaign a day earlier. Camacho was only the latest in a string of senior Mexican politicians to denounce Trump, who said that “[Mexico] is not our friend believe me; when Mexico sends its people, it is not sending its best, it is sending people that have lots of problems”. Trump also promised to “build a great, great wall on our southern border and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words”.