Speaking as Trump gave orders to start work on the wall along the 2,000-mile (3,200-km) border with Mexico, two-time presidential runner-up and leftist opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the announcement was an insult to his country. "I respectfully suggest that the government of Mexico presents a lawsuit at the United Nations against the US government for violation of human rights and racial discrimination," Lopez Obrador told a crowd of supporters north of Mexico City. Pena Nieto and Trump are due to hold talks on January 31 and he faced opposition calls on Wednesday to cancel his meeting. Trump vowed to build the wall right at the start of his presidential campaign in June 2015, when he accused Mexico of sending rapists and drug runners over the border. The 63-year-old Lopez Obrador told his supporters that Pena Nieto should defend Mexicans when the two meet.

Source: The Star January 26, 2017 02:31 UTC