Posted on 04/27/2016 4:03:19 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Since he announced his run for the White House, billionaire businessman Donald Trump has made the southern border one of his key issues. He's made no apologies for his remarks about drug dealers and rapists making their way to America via the porous border. His promise to build a wall has also been wildly popular among his supporters.
Like many involved American politics, Mexico has finally come to terms with the idea that Trump and his ideas are not going away just yet. Those concepts have taken their toll on Mexico and its image, and it has decided it's time to something about it.
To help restore their marred reputation, the Mexican government announced it was sending diplomat Carlos Sada to Washington in an effort revamp the country's tarnished image, according to Reuters. Sada admitted that Mexico has neglected its image and planned to address the problems through lobbying efforts and with PR and media campaigns.
"We need to do a more thorough job so that people understand what (Mexico) contributes," Sada said Tuesday after being sworn in at Mexico’s legislature.
Gabriela Cuevas, an opposition lawmaker, said it was vital for Mexico to improve its image but that wasn't enough to change the "hateful trend that Trump and other xenophobes before him have stirred up."
"They don't understand the extent of the damage Trump has done," she said.
There's no doubt that Mexico would like to blame Trump for its damaged reputation, but at the end of the day, it has been forced to admit that much of what Trump has said was right — an undoubtedly humiliating admission.
Andres Rozental, a former Mexican deputy foreign minister, admitted Mexico was at least partly responsible for how the country is perceived.
"To change the image, you have to change the reality," he said. "Unfortunately, Mexico's internal reality at this point in time has a lot of negatives."
So negative, in fact, that leaders saw the need to bring in a diplomat to help reverse the damage already done — another crushing concession that Trump was right.
H/T teaparty.org
“They don’t understand the extent of the damage Trump has done,” she said.
Yeah right, how f’n DARE Trump tell the truth!!
No, they do not need better PR. They need to help us stop the inflow of migrants.
Mexico can’t change its “image” by sending another diplomat to Washington. It has to actually work to fix its internal problems. Once it gets a handle on the massive drug trade and pockets of crushing poverty, then its image will improve.
This is an actual ad launched exclusively in Mexico by Absolut Vodka back in April 2008.
Screw Mexico.
And Screw Absolut!
I’m glad I don’t buy Absolut, or they’d get a box with broken glass and dog poop in it.
i just have to walk out onto my front porch to see the damage MEXICO has done PR campaign be damned
Stopped drinking Absolut after that one. Disgusting.
We already know what Mexico contributes, crime, drugs, and chaos.
Mexico can change its image by becoming a friend of the US and stopping the masses from crossing the border into the US. Instead they help and encourage illegal aliens to enter the US.
This is a one-sided romance. The US loves Mexico and can’t do enough for them but Mexico hates our guts.
Where’s an equivalent list of the benefits of Islam to the US?
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The billions in remittances sent back home by their citizens on US soil is suspect.....and for sure Mexico is getting fees to allow 140 assorted countries to gather at the border to creep into the US and board our gravy train.
Remittances pouring into Mexico which were illegally received using several identities should be prosecuted for ID theft, wire fraud, govt fraud, and tax evasion.
Looks like they’re already getting set to put something aside to pay for the wall....
WIKI-—With the Merida Initiative set to expire on September 30, 2010 (to be renewed in perpetuity), the U.S. State Department (under SoS Hillary) has proposed a major renewal and expansion of the program. If approved, starting in 2011, $310 million would be granted to Mexico, another $100 million for the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), and $79 million for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).[28]
The U.S. Congress has now authorized $1.6 billion for the three-year initiative (2007-2010). The U.S. Congress approved $465 million in the first year, which includes $400 million for Mexico and $65 million for Central America, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. For the second year, Congress approved $300 million for Mexico and $110 million for Central America, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. A FY09 supplemental appropriation is providing an additional $420 million for Mexico; and $450 million for Mexico and $100 million for Central America has been requested for FY10.[20]
The bill requires that $73.5 million of the $400 million for Mexico must be used for judicial reform, institution-building, human rights and rule-of-law issues.
The bill specifies that 15% of the funds will be dependent on Mexico making headway in four areas relating to human-rights issues, and on which the U.S. Secretary of State will have to report periodically to Congress.[24][25]
An additional $65 million was granted for the Central American countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama); the House also included Haiti and the Dominican Republic in this bill for Central America-----a comprehensive public security package that seeks to tackle citizen insecurity in Central America by more effectively addressing criminal gangs, improving information sharing between countries, modernizing and professionalizing the police forces, expanding maritime interdiction capabilities, and reforming the judicial sector in order to restore and strengthen citizens confidence in those institutions.
While this request includes equipment and training, it does not involve any cash transfers or money to be provided directly to the Government of Mexico or its private contractors.
According to U.S. State Department officials, 59% of the proposed assistance will go to civil agencies responsible for law enforcement, and 41% to operational costs for the Mexican Army and Mexican Navy. While the initial cost for equipment and hardware that the military required is high, it is expected that future budget requests will focus increasingly on training and assistance to civil agencies.
As of November 2009, the U.S. has delivered about $214 million of the pledged $1.6 billion.[27]
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Ut oh---Obama/s now requesting couple billion....to curb the Central America drug trade into the US.
Every aspect of the Bill Clinton presidency must be examined for wrongdoing. Recent news reports say the notoriously greedy Clintons used their tax-exempt Clinton Foundation charity to setup a Romney-like money-making private equity fund in the corrupt country of Columbia.
Why Columbia?
WIKI REFERENCE---In 2000, the Clinton administration committed $1.3 billion in foreign aid to the corrupt country of Columbia...... and up to five hundred military personnel to train local forces. An additional three hundred civilian personnel were allowed to assist in the eradication of coca.
The Clinton deal was an addition to $330 million of previously approved US aid to Colombia. $818 million was earmarked for 2000, with $256 million for 2001.
The Clinton-era appropriations for his Columbia Plan made Colombia the third largest recipient of foreign aid from the United States at the time.
--SNIP--
As of 2008, the U.S. has provided nearly $1.3 billion to Colombia through Clinton Plan Colombia nonmilitary aid programs:
<><> Alternative Development (2000-2008 cost: $500 million)
<><> Internally Displaced Persons (2000-2008 cost: $247 million)
<><> Demobilization and Reintegration (2000-2008 cost: $44 million)
<><> Democracy and Human Rights (2000-2008 cost: $158 million)
<><> Promote the Rule of Law (2000-2008 cost: $238 million)
LONG READ--REST AT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Colombia
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UT OH---Obama/s now requesting billions for Columbia---to (cough) curb the drug trade.
I can’t think of anything positive they’ve contributed either. Well, maybe belly dancers?
Gabriela Cuevas, an opposition lawmaker, said it was vital for Mexico to improve its image but that wasn’t enough to change the “hateful trend that Trump and other xenophobes before him have stirred up.”
“They don’t understand the extent of the damage Trump has done,” she said.
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Trump hasn’t done a bit of damage to Mexico. In fact, Mexico still has a much better image than it deserves.
The FIRST THING that Mexico can do is STOP telling us that we need to pass Amnesty. It’s none of their damn business.
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