Rice Will Confront Resentment Over U.S. 'meddling' During Visit to Mexico

[Tsiyu]

By Lisa J. Adams Associated Press Writer
Published: Mar 9, 2005


MEXICO CITY (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's first official visit south of the border - during which she's expected to reiterate President Bush's commitment to migration reform - comes as Mexican politicians are increasingly accusing the United States of meddling in Mexico's internal affairs.
Mexican congressmen and Cabinet members have denounced recent U.S. warnings about violence on the border, human rights abuses, continuing drug trafficking problems and possible election-related instability.

U.S. ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza added fuel to the nationalistic fires last week when, during a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City, he spoke about corruption and crime, Mexico's dependence on remittances from the United States and the country's failure to adapt "to the new rules of the globalization game."

Garza earlier irritated many in January with a letter saying that "the inability of local law enforcement to come to grips with rising drug warfare, kidnappings and random street violence will have a chilling effect on the cross-border exchange, tourism and commerce."

The letter accompanied a State Department travel advisory about rising violence on Mexico's northern border.

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[Leilani]

1. We're meddling?

HA!

We're not publishing comic books with instructions on how to break Mexican law.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Yea. The gall of them Mexicans trying to cross over on to the land...

...that our ancestors stole from their ancestors fair and square.

Don

[NNN0LHI]

2. Condi finally found someone she can bully. Good for her n/t

[dbt]

4. Do they know about Olive Oyl in Mexico?

Would it impress them to find out that she does exist and has been anointed Sec-O-State (in addition to her previous anointing as The Unsticker)? Talk about your comic books!

:evilgrin:

[woosh]

5. anti-american sentiment high there

in mexico. my wife just came back from Puebla, and said people are really unahappy at Americans that they reelected Bush.

[Boo Boo]

7. Yeah, I heard a while back that

our soccer team played a game in Mexico City, and the stadium was packed with people chanting, "Osama." Obviously not big Osama supporters down there, just trying to psych-out the opposition...

But still.

[primavera]

14. There and everywhere else on the planet n/t

[0007]

6. I bet the Mexican officals are laughing their ass off

"Even Bush's watered-down temporary worker plan has met opposition among congressmen trying to limit, not loosen, migrant rights. Vigilante groups are recruiting volunteers to patrol the southeast Arizona border for undocumented Mexican crossers.

Garza, who like Rice enjoys a close relationship with Bush, made Washington's position clear in his speech to the American Chamber.

"There should be no doubt ... that immigration reform will become far more likely when the U.S. public and its leaders feel confident that the border is secure and Mexico is doing everything it can to create economic opportunities here at home," he said."

[Boo Boo]

8. That last remark is

code for "all your public asset are belong to us."

Is PEMEX still state owned?

[ugarte]

9. Yes, Pemex is still state-owned

and God pity the malinche who sells it to the U.S.

[cliss]

10. Has anyone else noticed?

I detect a REAL surly attitude these days. I think it started with a very gallant Mr. Chavez. He got up on his high horse, and he rode into India, China, and now he's marching into Iran to have "high level" talks about the possibility of cutting off our oil supply.

He refused to grovel to the Bush administration. Instead, he scathingly referred to Bush as "having the lipstick of a clown" to raucous laughter and guffawing in a speech the other day.

His audience loved it. Not only that, but he lamblasted the US for trying to attack him.

To quote Rodney Dangerfield, "Bush don't get no respect".

[ugarte]

11. I think he's the first leader to tell Bush, in effect, to just shut up

and you gotta respect that.

[bemildred]

12. Yeah, him and Rangel.

But the idea seems to be spreading.

[BrotherBuzz]

15. Hoot! "having the lipstick of a clown"

I missed that one...Where did he say it? India? Venezuela? Link?

Love it!!!!!

[SoCalDem]

13. Hey Condi.. Eat lots of salad..and the water is c'est magnifique

:)