According to this op-ed from Mexico’s La Cronica de Hoy, the hosts of this year’s annual summit of North American leaders are not at all pleased with the summit’s agenda – or its likely outcome.
For La Cronica de Hoy, Carlos Ferreyra laments having to host the two ‘imperial visitors’ – Barack Obama and Stephen Harper – and be forced to come under the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
Offering a flavor of his mood, Ferreyra writes:
“Those attending the so-called Guadalajara Summit have announced in advance that they aren’t interested in the issues that should concern our leaders. … What we did find out before they appeared before us – and they let us know without vaseline or painkillers – is that they aren’t attending a dialogue, much less a summit meeting; instead, they are simply informing us of their future plans for the region, especially those that have to do with the domestic security of the United States.”
“But Mexico … what will its contribution be? And for what? Or will we be, as the trend of our diplomacy suggests, simple recipients? Something like a basket in which you can deposit anything? …”
Translated By Douglas Myles Rasmussen
August 9, 2009
Mexico – La Cronica de Hoy – Original Article (Spanish)
We still aren’t finished with the last one, and we’re already stuck with another. We’ve barely gotten rid of [ousted Honduran President] Zelaya and his nonsense, his rude gestures and his ridiculous fascade, and we’re already rolling out the red carpet for the U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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