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Mexico Delivers a Message of Solidarity, Without a Mention of Trump

By KIRK SEMPLE

MEXICO CITY — The subtext was hard to miss.

On Wednesday morning, soon after the announcement that the United States, Mexico and Canada had won the vote to be joint hosts of the 2026 World Cup, President Enrique Peña Nieto posted a video on Twitter celebrating the news.

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