Word: factly
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...Mexico's attitude toward the entire phenomenon of undocumented migration to the U.S. is very contradictory. Whatever the U.S. does is unacceptable and useless. Those are contradictory statements, but we have an ambivalent and contradictory attitude. There is an obvious element of humiliation in the fact that we are not able to provide jobs for our own people. The only way many Mexicans can find a decent job is to go to the U.S. On the other hand, it's a fact that we feel we have a certain right to do that, because nobody is forcing American employers...
...piranhas, or sharks. The idea of a ditch to stop emigration from Mexico is one that shakes Mexicans because it reminds us that so many of our people have to go, and it shows how vulnerable we are to a closing off of the border. But it ignores the fact that there is as much of a demand for Mexican labor in the U.S. as there is a supply of it in Mexico...
...difference in perception stems from one very basic fact: Mexico does not have a drug-addiction problem. Some drugs have been consumed in Mexico for many years -- marijuana has been smoked in Mexican army barracks for well over a century now -- but there is no major drug problem here in terms of Mexican youth, in terms of addiction and consumption. There is a drug-production problem and a drug-trafficking problem, but addiction is not affecting broad sectors of Mexican society, as of today. So inevitably that leads everyone in Mexico to view the problem of drugs as less important...
...fact, such a dialogue is well under way as both Israel and the P.L.O. dicker through the U.S. on terms for elections in the occupied territories. Last week the P.L.O. offered a new list of conditions for its participation. The various parties interpreted the list to serve their own political ends. Some, including members of Israel's Labor Party, considered Arafat's terms relatively moderate because he reportedly dropped a demand for the total - withdrawal of Israeli troops before elections take place. Others read the terms, such as the long-standing demand for an independent Palestinian state, as confirmation...
...ahead with a plan to form a Communist- led coalition. Jaruzelski "must take on all the responsibility for the formation of a new government," said Walesa. "For my part, I intend to form a shadow cabinet to prepare for the measures that sooner or later will become inevitable." In fact, Walesa created a 15-member shadow cabinet last December; its role then was to formulate the trade union's position in preparation for so-called round-table talks that led to the June elections...