Re: The impending political crisis in Mexico

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Julio wrote:

> Yoshie wrote:
>
> > I see two competing projects of
> > Latin American political and
> > economic integration: Chavez's and
> > Lula's.  It would be interesting what
> > sort of alliance Obrador will make if
> > he and his supporters win.
>
> He knows a lot about oil.  He's from Tabasco, where he tried twice to
> become the governor.  Tabasco is one of Mexico's oil states.  And he
> believes Mexico should strengthen his petrochemical industry.  I'm
> sure he'd have plenty of things to discuss with Chávez.
>
> That said, Mexico doesn't have a lot of trade (as a share of GDP) with
> Brazil or Venezuela.  That's a reality.  Another (huge) reality is
> that Mexico's trade is overwhelmingly with the U.S.  So, he would not
> pick fights with the U.S., but he'd be very assertive of Mexico's
> national sovereignty.  He's declared repeatedly that the main issue in
> the bilateral agenda is the situation of the Mexican workers in the
> U.S.  He'd not be "tepid" about that.

I'm sold on that!

Yoshie Furuhashi
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