Posted on 09/08/2001 12:56:29 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Mexican President Vicente Fox yesterday called a Cold War-era Western Hemisphere defense alliance "obsolete and useless" and urged that it be replaced by a pact to deal with poverty, drugs and other problems.
Mr. Fox said Mexico may withdraw from the 1947 Inter-American Reciprocal Defense Treaty, which was designed primarily to protect hemispheric nations against communism. He will decide about withdrawal within 60 days.
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