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...After Nicaragua and the threat of new revolutions elsewhere in Central America, it is encouraging to see Mexico taking a more assertive stance in the defense of democratic interests." That assertiveness, L??pez Portillo has made clear, extends to establishing a new relationship with Mexico's powerful northern neighbor. The prickly encounters between Don Pepe and Jimmy Carter suggest that the relationship will not be an easy one. Yet in the long run, a partnership based on mutual respect, rather than on force majeure, should be as beneficial to the U.S. as to Mexico...
...toast was yet another reminder to Washington that oil wealth has given Mexico a new clout, which L??pez Portillo is quite willing to use when it suits his purpose. In June a Mexican exploratory well in the Bay of Campeche exploded, uncorking millions of barrels of crude, some of which has washed up on beaches in Texas. The U.S. has argued that Mexico should help pay cleanup costs. Last August, Robert C. Krueger, who was designated Special Ambassador for Mexican Affairs to assist Ambassador Patrick Lucey in overseeing the broad range of issues that have arisen between...
...state of the union message, L??pez Portillo complained that the worldwide press coverage had "whimsically" singled out Mexico for criticism. "There are ten wells out of control at this time," he said. "Seven are in the U.S., one in Canada and one in Iran. Yet we hear nothing of these wells and their spills polluting the oceans and ruining the ecology. The media have nothing to say about them, and it is strange...
...been another source of conflict. Last December, then Secretary of Energy James Schlesinger brusquely rejected a Mexican offer to sell the U.S. 2 billion cu. ft. of gas a day at $2.60 per 1,000 cu. ft., a price then considered "exorbitant." Two months ago, Administration aides hinted that L??pez Portillo's long planned state visit to Washington might not be a useful exercise if a gas deal were not consummated. Apparently chastened by the threat, Mexican officials finally made an offer that seemed even more exorbitant but that U.S. bargainers quickly accepted...
...claim they take jobs from U.S. workers. On the other hand, the millions of Mexican immigrants add to the nation's fast-growing and generally Democratic population of Hispanics; they will probably displace blacks as the nation's largest minority by the next decade. In New York last week, L??pez Portillo met with a coalition of Spanish-speaking leaders, who urged him to put pressure on Carter for a relaxation of U.S. immigration laws. If Carter does not, the leaders implied, he might lose the solid Hispanic support that contributed to his victory...