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According to this editorial from Mexico’s El Universal, after the disappointment Mexicans felt with the Bush Administration and the Democratically-controlled Congress, Mexicans are gun-shy about believing Obama’s warm words.
The El Universal editorial says in part:
“With ex-President Bush, it was thought that Mexico had finally gotten its arrogant neighbor to assume its role in battling drug trafficking. … We discovered later that this change in attitude was solely on the part of the U.S. executive branch; Capitol Hill conditioned the millions of dollars promised Mexico under the Merida Initiative on the passage of amendments to the Constitution. Bush opposed this and sought to eliminate several of these obstacles, only to discover months later that with Democrats in power, Congress had decided to cut the amount of money. … For that reason, this time, the government of Barack Obama must confirm with deeds his words of commitment that as of today, remain in doubt. He should immediately support Mexico with all the powers of his office – with or without the backing of Congress.”
EDITORIAL
Translated By Miguel Gutierrez
March 25, 2009
Mexico – El Universal – Original Article (Spanish)
In just the last two months, Mexico-United States relations have arrived at a dangerous place. It’s incredible that it was only January when Barack Obama was received by President Felipe Calderón with warm words and good wishes. Certain newspapers, unfortunate declarations, the closing of the border to Mexican trucks and Forbes Magazine are what made this deterioration in ties possible.
[Editor’s Note: Mexico’s most wanted man, Joaquin ‘Shorty’ Guzman, who is blamed for thousands of deaths in the drug war, made it onto Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s richest people, with a fortune estimated at $1 billion.]
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