[Cincinatus' Wife]

Mexico Leaves Castro's Cuba Behind*** Once upon a time, Mexico and Cuba were best buddies in the Western Hemisphere. Brandishing the banners of nonintervention and self-determination, both countries provided each other with unconditional support and kept quiet about their mutual lack of democratic development. Those days are over, and today relations between Cuba and Mexico are at an all-time low, for all the right reasons. Mexico's foreign policy toward Cuba is changing, and Fidel Castro is furious about it. The comandante is lashing out against Jorge Castaneda, Mexico's minister of foreign affairs--calling him a lackey of the United States--out of sheer desperation and growing isolation.... This tempest in the Cuba-Mexico teapot will pass. Meanwhile, Mexico's foreign policy will have changed and for the better. The principle of the protection of human rights will prevail in Mexico and elsewhere. As Castaneda's father, Mexico's minister of foreign affairs 20 years ago, said: "Friend, when you defend principles instead of interests, you never lose." ***

[germanicus]

It's about time these Pan-American countries see these "revolutionary" groups for who they really are and start the crack down on them now before they violence gets out of control. Watching their murdering Islamic Jihadists have given them fuel lately to resurrect their own goals. Crush them now!

[FITZ]

That's good news --Fox also had a bunch of police arrested in Tijuana. If he keeps making the right kind of reforms, Mexico could be a decent enough country and so many won't want to leave.

[flamefront]

Not everything is roses -

From AP

Mexican President Vicente Fox said his country would not recognize Venezuela's new government until new elections are held, and the leaders of Argentina and Paraguay called the new government illegitimate. Leaders of the 19-nation Rio Group of Latin American countries condemned ``the interruption of constitutional order'' in Venezuela.