Soon after, Mr. Peña Nieto officially announced that he would not attend, effectively beating Mr. Trump to the punch. “Peña Nieto has made a superhuman effort,” said Jesus Silva-Herzog, a professor at the School of Government at Tecnológico de Monterrey. For months, Mr. Peña Nieto made his choice clear. For Mr. Peña Nieto, the economics were particularly difficult. By the time Mr. Peña Nieto invited Mr. Trump to Mexico for a visit during the American presidential campaign, his own image was as tarnished as the one Mr. Trump had painted of Mexico.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2017 02:44 UTC