Re: AMLO Seizes US-Owned Port in Final Week as Mexico’s Leader

In article <f87ff00652573a480f53078027b2d9be@www.novabbs.com>,
ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:

The same headline with the same story is also published by other news
outlet including Bloomberg.com.
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Question: Is the port in question own by the US?
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The opening statement of the news item is:
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"Mexico finalized plans to take control of a port and quarry owned by
Vulcan Materials Co. on its Caribbean coast, deepening tensions days
before the nation’s president leaves office."
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BTW, the same headline with the same story is also published by other
news outlet including Bloomberg.com.
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TheYucatantimes.com operates from Yucatan Peninsula has a slightly
different headline: "AMLO Seizes US-Owned Company Vulcan in Final Week
as Mexico’s Leader"

Owned by a US company, but not owned by the US government. If a foreign company buys land in the US, US laws still
apply on that land. But it's a provocative move by Mexico to forcibly take the land in this case.