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Video Director: Silver Camper and Campaign Trail

video director: There was fun in collective viewing — complete with bingo cards with things said by the candidates — and ribs and brisket were served from the side of a silver camper, according to The Waterloo Record. However, the campaign seems to have a real impact in Mexico where citizens have watched the peso swing in recent weeks with the polls and are flooded with news from the campaign trail. "It affecting us right now," said Alejandra Cardenas, a video director from Mexico City. "Our economy is clearly linked, that why we're all here together." That impact extends beyond Mexico though. But among the 200 people gathered Wednesday night to watch the final U.S. presidential debate there was an awareness of how their neighbour to the north impacts their lives. Colombian postdoctoral student Natalia Guevara Jaramillo said she opposes Trump stigmatization of immigrants. "What happens in the United States directly affects the entire continent and a large part of the world," she said. He set the tone in declaring his candidacy last year when he talked about Mexico sending "rapists" to the U.S. His attacks of Mexico have only continued since, blaming the country for stealing jobs and filling the U.S. with heroin. Trump comments on immigration have been especially harsh. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.