"At one time they had territorial questions, at another they were at war, most recently they have disagreed over the fight against drugs, and of course Mexican immigration to the United States.
Whatever the reason, the one certain thing is that relations between the two countries have had their ups and downs. They are two old neighbors that need one another, and sometimes there is love, at other times there is hatred.
In this context, it is not strange to us that Condoleezza Rice decided to visit Mexico in her first trip to Latin America as U.S. secretary of state.
Although it is true that the visit lasted only a few hours, and only after she traveled on several occasions to Middle East and Europe, the American Secretary of State is preparing the way for a meeting in two weeks between Presidents Vicente Fox and George W. Bush, that will take place at Bush's ranch in Crawford Texas.
The visit is also for the purpose of reducing friction between the two governments over the issue of border security; surely, after some calm discussions, this question will soon be forgotten.
But what will not be forgotten by Mexico, is that agreement between the two, arrived at before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington in 2001, to 'regularize' the millions of illegal Mexican residents in the United States.
Washington seems to have either forgotten this plan or have put it aside; meanwhile, the Americans are building walls and creating laws of economic repression that, far from seeking a rational and permanent solution to the problem of immigration, only worsen the problem."
Do you get the feeling that Washington and Mexico are on a different planet than most of America? If you wish to speak of laws of economic repression begin in Mexico and ask why your government cannot provide jobs, healthcare etc.
If anyone has a right to be impatient, it is the American people, maligned and abused by both the American and Mexican governments.
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