Mexico Did A Poor Job of “Dirty Work” for the US
Mexican diplomacy is at its nadir because it is not just doing the US’ “dirty work", but is doing it badly, political analysts assert.
Well-known analyst Gabriel Guerra said Mexico’s foreign policy is in a very serious situation, stressing that the crisis with Argentina at the Summit of the Americas is far from accidental.
Guerra explained this is the result of a series of mistakes, a lack of strategy, experience and a median and long term plan giving Latin America its rightful place.
Mexico should be the country demonstrating the least interest in the Free Trade Area for the Americas treaty and deplored the upstart role played by its representatives “who didn’t even do it right.”
Mexican Ex Foreign Minister Rosario Green concurred, saying that President Vicente Fox’ presence in Mar del Plata could be termed “successful” if his purpose was to divide Latin America.
His attitude received harsh criticism from legislators and political parties who said the role the President played in Argentina was that of “a cheerleader for George W. Bush.”
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Mexico 'dirty war' crimes alleged
The Mexican government and military committed "crimes against humanity" in the so-called "dirty war" against left-wing rebels, a leaked report says.
The report was prepared for current President Vicente Fox but has not been released. A US NGO has printed material saying Mexicans had a right to know.
The army kidnapped, tortured and killed hundreds of rebel suspects, says the report, which covers 1964 to 1982.
Mexico's special prosecutor says the report is biased and has been revised.
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Mexico election race turns as conservative surges
Mexicos ruling party presidential candidate appears to be pulling away from his leftist rival after aggressive TV ads propelled his dramatic surge in an election race being fought on economic policies.
A closely watched poll in the Reforma newspaper on Wednesday showed Felipe Calderon, a conservative, with 40-percent support among probable voters and his left-wing challenger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador trailing at 33 percent.
Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor who promises to put the poor first, had been Mexicos most popular politician for three years and was the clear election front-runner until
Mexico says done all it could for dirty war trials
Mexican President Vicente Fox's government on Friday admitted there was little else it could do to punish former officials for their past repression of leftist dissidents after a court dealt the administration another legal setback this week.
A judge this week refused to issue arrest orders for former Mexican President Luis Echeverria and seven others for a 1968 student massacre by police and soldiers.
It was the latest setback to Fox's attempts to bring to justice former members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, who committed atrocities against leftists for decades. The
Morales Opens Up About Manny, Mexico, Crazy Fans and more! Cool shat!!!
Earlier today, Fightnews.com was granted the opportunity to speak with one of the world’s best fighters in Erik Morales. Top Rank and Gary Shaw held a press conference outside in the pool area of the brand new and simply luxurious Wynn Resort and Casino to formally announce the rematch between Morales and Manny Pacquiao. Fightnews.com was able to briefly chat with Morales, a three-time world champion and living legend of the deep boxing heritage from Mexico. Morales candidly answered the questions and even revealed the strangest moment when one
Mexico's flood of tired and poor divides America
LAST year the Pew Hispanic Centre polled Mexicans on their attitudes about migrating to the United States.
Asked if they would go to live in the US if they had the means and opportunity, more than four in 10 said yes. More than 20 per cent said they were inclined to go without authorisation.
Last year more than 1 million tried, but were caught. An unknown number succeeded.
Nobody knows how many unauthorised migrants are in the US. The Pew Centre, the most authoritative research organisation on Latino issues, estimates 11 million.
The issue has been a
Record deaths on US-Mexico border
A record number of illegal migrants have died while trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States, say US customs officers.
At least 464 had died in the past year to 30 September, they said. The figure is a 43% increase on the previous year.
High temperatures in June and July caused many deaths, but others were due to car accidents or drowning.
A more accurate reporting procedure in the Arizona area was another factor in the rise.
According to the Reuters news agency, border patrols also conducted a record number of 2,570
Mexico arrests 8 agents in filmed drug execution
Mexico said on Thursday it had arrested 10 people, including eight federal agents, in the kidnapping of four suspected drug gang hitmen and the filmed execution of at least one of them.
The case has thrown the spotlight on the often cosy relations between Mexican authorities and organised crime. Drug gangs routinely bribe police, officials and judges to protect them or carry out their dirty work.
Four men, beaten and bruised, were shown on a homemade DVD confessing to being members of the infamous Gulf Cartel of drug traffickers. One of them was then
How is immigration reform none of Mexico's business?
Diehard optimists still hoping for a forward-looking binational migration accord based on mutual respect and regional cooperation got hit with a cruel dose of reality last week. As a flood of xenophobia-tinged border security and immigrant-crackdown bills work their way through both houses of the U.S. Congress, President Bush delivered a long-awaited major speech that left no doubt about how Mexico's neighbor and trading partner will deal with reform.
The message comes down to this: The United States will not regularize the millions of undocumented immigrants working in its territory. It will instead seek
Mexicos president-elect promises to fight for equality, jobs, justice
MEXICO CITY President-elect Felipe Calderon promised Thursday he would work tirelessly to construct a nation of equal opportunities and thanked outgoing President Vicente Fox for laying the groundwork for that goal.
Calderons declarations followed his second public appearance with Fox at the presidential residence, Los Pinos, since the nations top electoral court confirmed him as the countrys new leader earlier this month. He takes office on Dec. 1.
The former energy secretary was not Foxs first choice for the job but received his blessing after he won their conservative partys primary.
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Advertising A Mexican court has issued four new arrest warrants against former government officials wanted in the forced disappearance of dissidents in the 1970s, special prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo announced on Sunday.
Six members of the Brigada Campesina de los Lacandones were arrested in central Mexican state of Hidalgo in 1974 and turned over illegally to the now-dissolved Federal Security Directorate, never to be seen again, according to prosecutors.
The new arrest orders in the Hidalgo case bring to 16 the number of warrants issued as prosecutors pursue crimes of the so-called "dirty
