Word: mexicanized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...toast was yet another reminder to Washington that oil wealth has given Mexico a new clout, which López 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...
Mexico's natural gas, which is often flared away in billowing clouds of flame that light up the sky, has 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 López 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...
...result, Mexican governments have tacitly encouraged the annual flight of at least 500,000 illegal immigrants...
...Carter Administration, the presence of this huge number of aliens poses a political dilemma: labor unions, whose support Carter needs for reelection, 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, López 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...
Another problem is the "tomato war." Earlier this year, Florida truck farmers filed complaints with the Treasury Department that Mexican producers were "dumping" tons of sun-ripened tomatoes and other produce on the U.S. But López Portillo has insisted that Mexican farmers need access to the lucrative U.S. market in order to bolster his country's agricultural economy. He has made it clear that future Mexican cooperation on energy supplies depends on a resolution of this issue, but it is not likely to come while Florida is playing a pivotal early role in the presidential primaries...