| By Bethel Habte (@bethel_habte)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is meeting with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto today. Considering Trump’s inflammatory comments about Mexican people, it’s not surprising that he’s getting pounded with critiques like this: 
Translation: "What’s necessary to be a guest of the President? To insult, defame and denigrate all Mexicans: incredible, inexplicable and offensive." Hillary Clinton broke out her “en español” Twitter account for this one, with a reminder: 
Translation: “Since the first days of his campaign, Donald Trump has demonized Mexicans as ‘rapists’ and ‘criminals.’” The unpopular Peña Nieto, who once compared Trump to Hilter and Mussolini, had this to say about the reasons behind the invitation: Quote of the day: "I believe in dialogue to promote Mexico's interests in the world, and chiefly, to protect Mexicans wherever they are." - President Enrique Peña Nieto Trump is expected to make a speech outlining specifics on his planned crackdown on illegal immigration only a few hours after the meeting.
Around the country Digit of the day: 5 - New Jersey governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years. Christie argued that the wage bill failed to consider the ability of businesses to absorb the increased labor costs.
- Republican U.S. senators John McCain and Marco Rubio won their party’s nominations as both of the high profile politicians saw off insurgent challengers. There’s talk that Rubio might still harbor presidential ambitions after reports this week that he wouldn’t commit to serving all six years of a Senate term if he were re-elected.
Around the world - North Korea executed its vice premier for education by firing squad - all for not keeping his posture upright at a public event, a South Korean government official told Reuters.
- A year after the height of the migrant crisis and a year before the next federal election, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is losing popular support according to a Forsa survey. Anti-immigrant group Alternative for Germany (AfD) is gaining ground as it critiques Merkel’s open-door refugee policy.
Mother Teresa’s legacy 
A nun belonging to the global Missionaries of Charity interacts with children at the Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, a children's home founded by Mother Teresa, ahead of Mother Teresa's canonization ceremony in Kolkata, India, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Around Wall Street - SWIFT, a financial messaging system, released a private letter to clients informing them of new hacking attempts in the form of fraudulent payment instructions. New attempts, that is, since the $81 million heist at Bangladesh bank. "The threat is persistent, adaptive and sophisticated - and it is here to stay,” the letter stated.
- More and more, Chicago’s Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said he is convinced that U.S. economic growth has slowed permanently. That would keep U.S. interest rates low for a long time ahead.
- But there’s increasing confidence among investors that a rate hike is coming soon, with 10-year U.S. Treasury yields on course for their biggest monthly rise in more than a year.
Today’s reason to live De Colores- Gina Chavez, Las Cafeteras and Johanna Chase |
