September 21, 2007

Former Mexican President Takes Jabs At 'Cocky' Bush

Instead of "Hail to the Chief," President Bush might take his final walk out of the White House to the tune of the Eric Carmen ballad "All By Myself."

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is the latest public figure to talk smack about his former amigo in a new book.

In "Revolution of Hope," due out next month, Fox calls Bush "the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life," according to early reports in the Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report. That's not the meanest dig Fox takes. (Isn't cocky the fuel of American politics, anyway?) In a quip bordering on schoolyard taunt, Fox calls the president "a windshield cowboy." Ouch.

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August 21, 2007

Hurricane Dean Hits Mexico, Cuts Summit Short

UPDATED.

Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula took some of the wind out of Hurricane Dean's sails as the Atlantic's most intense storm in two decades landed there earlier today. But even though the hurricane was downgraded from Category 5 to Category 1 as it crossed the peninsula, Dean still managed to cause some serious damage near resort areas in Mexico and northern Belize. No casualties in those areas were reported as of press time, although the storm claimed 13 lives in the Caribbean earlier this week.

The storm was expected to pick up again after entering the Bay of Campeche and "make a final landfall midday tomorrow in the Mexican state of Veracruz," the Weather Channel reports. Mexican President Felipe Calderon was returning home early from a summit in Canada today to deal with the damage.

In a press conference from the summit today, President Bush pledged to help those affected by the hurricane. "The American people care a lot about the human condition in our neighborhood and when we see human suffering we want to do what we can," he told reporters.

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August 20, 2007

Bush To Talk Trade, Borders In Canada

Texans are bracing for Hurricane Dean, but fear not: President Bush leaves the Western White House today for the safety of our neighbor to the north.

Bush will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon during a two-day summit in Quebec. It's in some ways a perfunctory meeting among neighbors -- no major policy pronouncements are expected -- though all parties involved have pressing issues to resolve.

High on the agenda: borders, trade and... borders.

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August 08, 2007

Huge Anti-Drug Package Could Be On The Way For Mexico

In recent years, the war on terrorism has largely eclipsed (in dollars and attention) that other U.S.-led war on a non-state -- the war on drugs. But the recent immigration debate and Mexico's new president have renewed concerns about the influx of illegal substances and drug-fueled violence spilling into the United States from its southern border.

The Washington Post reported this morning that the Bush administration is "close to sealing a major, multiyear aid deal to combat drug cartels in Mexico." Lawmakers, congressional aides and Mexican officials involved in the negotiations are optimistic, with Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Tex., predicting that the package will commit "hundreds of millions of dollars" to the effort.

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August 07, 2007

Mexican Telecom Tycoon Unseats Gates As World's Wealthiest

Fortune magazine reports that Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim Helú surpassed Microsoft titan Bill Gates as the richest man in the world when his fortune climbed to the $59 billion mark at the end of July, compared with Gates' estimated net worth of $58 billion.

In a lengthy profile, Fortune's Stephanie Mehta details how Slim, 67, grew from the son of an immigrant Lebanese shopkeeper into "a latter-day Latin American J.P. Morgan."

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