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...proximity creates a natural market for Mexican exports. By helping to meet the U.S. demand for oil, Mexico could acquire the capital it needs to modernize its economy, thereby offering its impoverished masses the chance for a better life. But, riding a wave of nationalistic feeling at home, L??pez Portillo has made it clear to Washington that Mexico's response to America's energy needs will be dictated by a) his own country's special interests and b) the resolution of other nagging issues that cloud U.S.-Mexican relations...
...L??pez Portillo pointedly reminded Carter of the new facts of hemisphere life when the President visited Mexico City in February, tongue-lashing his guest for treating Mexico with "a mixture of interests, disdain and fear." Caught off guard by that undiplomatic verbal assault, Carter responded with one of the more unfortunate utterings of his presidency, a rambling ac count of how, on a previous visit, he had been afflicted by "Montezuma's revenge...
Carter alluded to that embarrassing moment during a black-tie dinner for L??pez Portillo Friday night. Lifting a glass of water?White House servants had not yet filled the wine glasses?Carter promised: "I am determined to make the result of our toast better than in Mexico." He conceded that the U.S. and Mexico "have not always had happy and peaceful relations," but claimed that "the troubled and uncertain times between our two countries are gone forever." L??pez Portillo was slightly less euphoric in his response. He noted that "frank and open communication" was necessary to enhance...
...ready to defend it with our lives. But it has not touched our lives as yet." Just how much oil wealth will affect the average Mexican is uncertain. One worry is to what extent endemic corruption will siphon off some of those billions. Another is whether L??pez Portillo's ambitious dreams of industrialization will really benefit the impoverished millions desperate for work, social services, or both. The 600,000 jobs promised by L??pez Portillo, to cite one example, are 200,000 fewer than the number of youths who enter the work force every year. On balance, though...
Even so, Washington policymakers are encouraged by Mexico's more active role in foreign affairs?notably in L??pez Portillo's expressed interest in working out bilateral aid programs with and for other democratic nations in Latin America. Says a State Department official...