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‎”Chances are, actually, that your own job depends at least in part on our nation’s economic relationship with Mexico. Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trading partner. In 2011, trade between the two countries neared $500 billion and, despite the drug war violence, continues to grow.” via Mexico is missing from presidential debate – Chicago...

Mitt Romney called Latin America a “huge opportunity,” saying, “we have to focus on Latin America, its economy is a big as China’s.”If Latin Americans could vote, who would they pick? Latin America’s two largest countries, Brazil and Mexico, account for more than half of the combined GDP of all of Latin America. Obama came into office very popular among both Mexicans and Brazilians. His tough immigration policies have eroded his popularity in Mexico, where more Pew poll respondents answered “no” than “yes” to the question, “Should Obama be reelected?” He is still very popular in Brazil: 72 percent...

“Here in Latin America, the U.S. is the largest foreign investor, and we’re the largest customer of manufactured goods from countries across the hemisphere.” He added: “We believe that economic partnerships can’t just be about nations extracting another’s resources,” he said. Obama also called for Latin American countries to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free-trade agreement of countries in Asia and the Americas. (Since then, Canada and Mexico joined.)via Election Guide: The U.S. 2012 Vote |...