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The old lament about Mexico is that it's "so far from God, so close to the United States." These days it might be more apt to say that Mexico looks so far from Latin America. Mexico was once the region's vocero, its spokesman. But in the past decade...
CELAC does reflect the U.S.'s declining hegemony in the western hemisphere. (For its part, the Obama Administration says it wants more of a "partnership" with Latin America instead of the traditional U.S. dominance.) But if history is any guide, it's doubtful that the situation will lead to anything...
Still, Diaz-Cayeros thinks the CELAC idea may have arrived at a propitious moment. "What's different this time is the threat Latin American economies face from China," he says. "They have to figure out how to better insert themselves in the world community." More regional economic integration is essential...
Mexico first needs to relocate its diplomatic mojo. In the 20th century it was known for being the interlocutor between the U.S. and Cuba and for heading the Contadora group of Latin nations that helped broker peace during the Central American civil wars of the 1980s. Many point to former...
NAFTA is another reason. The "giant sucking sound" Ross Perot warned about has worked in reverse: since NAFTA took effect in 1994, it has drawn Mexico ever more tightly to the U.S. and Canada. That's been especially true under Calderón's more conservative National Action Party (PAN...