Anti-Trump Protests Held in Mexico Against US President's 'Campaign of Xenophobia' Common Dreams
go to original February 13, 2017

Marchers across Mexico vent anger over Trump (Reuters/Straits Times)

Tens of thousands of Mexicans protested Sunday against US President Donald Trump, hitting back at his anti-Mexican rhetoric and his depictions of them as “rapists” and "criminals" and to demand “the respecting of Mexico.

"Mexico must be respected, Mr Trump," said a giant banner carried by protesters in Mexico City, who waved a sea of red, white and green Mexican flags as they marched down the capital's main avenue.

In what is shaping up to be Mexico's biggest anti-Trump protest yet, over 20 cities joined the call to march. Dozens of universities, business associations and civic organisations are backing the protest.

"It is time we citizens combine forces and unite our voices to show our indignation and rejection of President Trump, while contributing to the search for concrete solutions," said the coalition behind the marches.

A man holds up a placard with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump during a march to protest against Trump's proposed border wall and to call for unity, in Mexico City (Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)

Protester Julieta Rosas was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Trump sporting an Adolf Hitler mustache.

"We're here to make Trump see and feel that an entire country, united, is rising up against him and his xenophobic, discriminatory and fascist stupidity," said Rosas, a literature student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

"We are all migrants. We are all one. This is a time to build bridges, not walls," said 73-year-old protester Jose Antonio Sanchez, who was marching with his nine-year-old granddaughter.

From a friend in Mexico City. Big March there today to #resist Trump. Gracias! pic.twitter.com/OON7azVA1G

— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) February 12, 2017

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Thousands of people held massive anti-Trump protests across Mexico pic.twitter.com/8PCLJAqK8R

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 12, 2017

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Protesters in Mexico City carrying their message for Donald Trump

"Sincerely, The Good Hombres" pic.twitter.com/YxkbW1SNas

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 12, 2017

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We stand together.

RESIST TRUMP = EPN

Mexico City. pic.twitter.com/XrPagw3Zan

— Valeria Hamel (@valehamel) February 12, 2017

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Some Mexicans comparing Trump to Hitler with twitter: The 'Twitler,' during Anti-Trump rally in Mexico #VibraMexico @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/LIE6uIPuiD

— Mariana_Atencio (@marianaatencio) February 12, 2017

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From the #vibraméxico march in Mexico City, where people seemed equally angry with Trump and their own politicians pic.twitter.com/VzP6PcPLp3

— David Agren (@el_reportero) February 12, 2017

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Related: Mexico City Protesters: 'We Are Not Against the American People. This Is About Trump' (The Los Angeles Times)

Related: Mexico Fears U.S. President's Policies Could Send Latin America's 2nd Biggest Economy Into Crisis (Reuters)

Related: Mexico Protesters Call for Respect from US President Trump (Deutsche Welle)

Related: “No Wall. No Immigrant Raids. No Aggression:” Mexicans March Against Pres. Trump — ‘Bad Hombre for the World’ (CNN)

Related: Pride and Protest on Display as Mexico City Marches Against Donald Trump (The Intercept)

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Related: Secretary of State Tillerson Planning Trip to Mexico Amid Tense Relations (FoxNews.com)

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