It may be just me, but I have long had a gut feeling that Vicente has something on Bush and has Bush in his back pocket. I can't think of any other reason a Pub president would kowtow so much to those south of the border. And no, I don't accept that trying to win over the Latino vote or some other political reason explains it away.
His sister-in-law is from Mexican aristocracy. That is why he is so close to them.