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					<p>A top Mexican official offered to help Texas deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey after the natural disaster devastated parts of the state.</p>
<p>Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexico's foreign minister, said Sunday he had spoken with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and offered his country's assistance.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">I just spoke to Gov. <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX">@GregAbbott_TX</a>. We will provide all the help we can. Our full solidarity with the people of Texas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a>— Luis Videgaray Caso (@LVidegaray) <a href="https://twitter.com/LVidegaray/status/901974494255792128">August 28, 2017</a></p>
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<p>"We will provide all the help we can. Our full solidarity with the people of Texas," Videgaray wrote of the phone call.</p>
<p>Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the Mexican consul general in Austin, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2017/08/27/mexico-offers-help-harvey-soaked-texas">told the Dallas News</a> he had been in constant contact with Abbott's office about how Mexico could assist.</p>
<p>"As we have done in the past, Mexico stands with Texas in this difficult moment," Gonzalez said.</p>
<p>Mexico sent troops, food, medicine and water to victims in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<p>President Trump blasted Mexico via Twitter on Sunday, insisting once again that Mexico will pay for a border wall.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">With Mexico being one of the highest crime Nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901802524981817344">August 27, 2017</a></p>
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<p>Trump also accused Mexico of being "very difficult" during renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">We are in the NAFTA (worst trade deal ever made) renegotiation process with Mexico &amp; Canada.Both being very difficult,may have to terminate?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901804388649500672">August 27, 2017</a></p>
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