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...granted?ignoring it when possible and otherwise treating it with the arrogant condescension usually reserved by big brothers for uppity younger siblings. No longer is that attitude possible or plausible, and one big reason is oil. Since 1972, when geologists drilling into the cactus-studded wasteland of Tabasco state tapped into the gigantic Reforma oil and gas field, Mexico has turned up one immense deposit of petroleum after another. In his state of the union address in early September, López Portillo boasted that Mexico now had proven combined reserves of 45 billion bbl. of oil and gas. Officials...
Even so, Washington policymakers are encouraged by Mexico's more active role in foreign affairs?notably in López Portillo's expressed interest in working out bilateral aid programs with and for other democratic nations in Latin America. Says a State Department official...
...state of the union message, López 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...
...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 made an offer that seemed even more exorbitant but that U.S. bargainers quickly accepted: $3.63 per 1,000 cu. ft. for 300 million cu. ft., which...
Pivotal though it may be, energy is just one of the serious problems that divide the two neighbors. As Secretary of State Cyrus Vance declared to the Foreign Policy Association last week: "The range and diversity of issues in our relations are probably greater than with any other country in the world. Because we share a 2,000-mile border, because we share democratic perspectives, because our economies are both strong and interdependent, Mexico is one of the most important countries in the world...