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        width: 100%;
        display: block;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        height: 48px;
        background-position: 10px center;
        text-indent: -9999px;
      }
      .stripe{
        background-color: #000;
        color: #FFF;
        height: 48px;
        line-height: 48px;
      }
      .stripe a{
        color: #FFF;
      }
      .error{ color: red; }
      .box-title{
        margin-bottom: 10px;
              }
      .box-title:before{
                 content: ' ';
        display: inline-block;
        background: #EC1A2E;
        height: 0.75em;
        width: 0.5em;
        margin-right: 5px;
              }
      .main-body{
        background: #fff;
        max-width: 600px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        overflow-x: hidden;
        position: relative;
      }
      .hidden {display: none;}
      .media-prefix {
        color: #EC1A2E;
        margin-right: 7px;
      }
      .icon-star {
        display: inline-block;
        vertical-align: middle;
        font-size: 35px;
        margin-right: -9px;
        color: #EC1A2E;
      }
      .stars-1 .icon-star:nth-child(n+3) {
        color: #666;
        opacity: .2;
      }
      .stars-2 .icon-star:nth-child(n+4) {
        color: #666;
        opacity: .2;
      }
      .stars-3 .icon-star:nth-child(n+5) {
        color: #666;
        opacity: .2;
      }
      .stars-4 .icon-star:nth-child(n+6) {
        color: #666;
        opacity: .2;
      }
      .inline-pipes-list {
        list-style: none;
        margin-bottom: 20px;
        padding: 0;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      .inline-pipes-list li{
        float: left;
        margin-right: 6px;
      }
      .inline-pipes-list li:after{
        content: '|';
        padding-left: 2px;
        color: #bbb;
        font-weight: 400;
      }
      .inline-pipes-list li:last-child:after{
        display: none;
      }
      .inline-block-quote blockquote:before{
        content: '\201C';
        font-family: Georgia;
        color: #EC1A2E;
        font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 2.1em;
        line-height: .9em;
        height: 20px;
        float: left;

        padding-right: .15em;
        margin-left: -.09em;
      }
      .twitter-wrap{
        max-width: 500px;
        margin: 0 auto;
      }
      .breadcrumbs{
        padding: 0 0 0 0;
        margin-top: 0;
        margin-bottom: 4px;
        list-style: none;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      .breadcrumbs li{
        float: left;
      }
      .breadcrumbs li:before {
        content: '\203A';
        margin: 0 5px;
      }
      .breadcrumbs li:first-child:before {
        display: none;
      }
      .breadcrumbs li a {
        color: #EC1A2E;
      }
      .share{
        margin: 0 0 20px;
        padding: 0;
        list-style: none;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      .share li{
        float: left;
        margin-right: 6px;
      }
      .share li a{
        color: #fff;
        display: block;
        height: 40px;
        padding: 4px 0;
        width: 48px;
        text-align: center;
                border-radius: 24px;
        font-size: 25px;
              }
      .share li a i{
                margin-top: -1px;
        display: block;
                line-height: 48px;
      }
      .share li a.share-fb{
        background: #3067A3;
      }
      .share li a.share-tw{
        background: #03B3EE;
        padding: 3px 0 5px 0;
      }
      .share li a.share-wp{
        background: #59CB3F;
        padding: 2px 0 6px 0;
      }
      .share li a.share-em{
        background: #EC1A2E;
      }
      .share li a.share-em .icon-email:before{
                  }
      .share li a.share-em i {
        margin-top: -3px;
                  }
      .ad-leaderboard{
        display: block;
        margin: 0 auto;
      }
      .ad-center{
        display: block;
        margin: 0 auto 20px;
      }
      .taboola{
        padding-bottom: 20px;
      }
      article h1.title{
        margin-top: 0;
        margin-bottom: 20px;
                font-family: 'Fira Sans', Helvetica, Arial;
        font-size: 32px;
        line-height: 36px;
                          font-weight: bold;
              }
      article h2{
                font-family: 'Fira Sans', Helvetica, Arial;
                text-transform: uppercase;
        font-weight: 900;
        font-size: 20px;
      }
      article .caption{
        color: #888;
        font-size: 14px;
        line-height: 18px;
        margin-top: 3px;
        font-family: 'Fira Sans', Helvetica, Arial;
      }

      article .copyright{
        font-style: italic;
      }
      article .author{
                      }
      article .author a{
                      }
      article .content{
                font-family: "Indy Serif";
                font-size: 18px;
        line-height: 26px;
      }
      article .content > p:first-child{
                  }
      article .content > p:last-of-type:after{
        content: ' ';
        display: inline-block;
        height: 16px;
        background: #EC1A2E;
        position: relative;
        top: 2px;
        left: 6px;
        width: 12px;
                  border-radius: 8px;
          width: 16px;
              }
      article .content > p table,
      article .content > table{
        width: 100%;
      }
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                    <div class="intro">Mexican soldiers provided help in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast </div>
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                                          <li><time datetime="08:01, 29 August 2017">Tuesday 29 August 2017</time></li>
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<p><a href="/topic/DonaldTrump">Donald Trump</a>'s administration has not yet decided whether it will accept assistance from <a href="/topic/Mexico">Mexico</a> to help the victims of a hurricane in <a href="/topic/Texas">Texas</a>.</p>

	<p>The Mexican government expressed its "full solidarity" with the people and government of the US and said it had "offered to provide help and cooperation" in the wake of <a href="/topic/hurricane-harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a>.</p>

	<p>Mexico previously provided help in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, with soldiers from the Mexican army serving meals, distributing supplies and conducting medical consultations.</p>

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  <amp-twitter width="500" height="100" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="901804388649500672"></amp-twitter></div><p>But while Texas and Louisiana suffered Harvey's destruction, Mr Trump tweeted to assert Mexico would pay for his promised border wall, before going onto attack the NAFTA trade deal.</p>

	<div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-video"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><!--video start--> <amp-brightcove data-account="624246174001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" data-video-id="5555678005001" layout="responsive" width="600" height="400"></amp-brightcove><!--video end--></div><div class="dnd-caption-wrapper">Footage shows dramatic rescues in Houston after Hurricane Harvey flooding</div></div> <p>Responding to the US President's tweets <a href="https://www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/press-release-123187" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in a statement</a>, Mexico's ministry of foreign affairs reiterated it would "not pay, under any circumstances, for a wall or physical barrier built on US territory along the Mexican border."</p>

	<p>The statement went on to say: "The Mexican government takes this opportunity to express its full solidarity with the people and government of the United States as a result of the damages caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, and expresses that it has offered to provide help and cooperation to the US government in order to deal with the impact of this natural disaster &mdash;as good neighbours should always do in trying times."</p>

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	<p>It is unclear whether the Trump administration would accept the offer, but the offer leaves Mr Trump in an awkward position.</p>

	<p>If he were to accept aid, he could be accused of hypocrisy over his stance on Mexico. But should he refuse, he could be seen as acting callously while Texans suffer.</p>

	<p>Mr Trump plans to visit Texas to see the storm-hit areas.</p>
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