Voices of Mexico no. 43
Our Voice
Last January 15, President Clinton gave his State of the Union Address to the 105th Congress of the United States. On a personal level the context was the absolute worst imaginable, though publicly the situation was quite different. Everyone, those actually present at the speech and those watching it on television, was trying to pinpoint the truth about recent developments: in a look, in the tone of voice or in the president's hesitation over words. The crucial thing was to find out if the president had tried to obstruct justice. If he had, private matters would become public. To everyone's surprise —both his supporters and his opponents— the State of the Union Address was a success, particularly if we take into account that the president of the world's foremost power was giving his annual report at the same time that his integrity was being questioned. Despite that, President Clinton was able to show total control as he read a well-written speech.
Clinton described the United States in the new millennium as a land of opportunity where with hard work people could prosper and where everyone would have a college education. He emphasized the need to renew "the idea of America by widening the circle of opportunity and deepening the meaning of our freedom."
Editorial
Our Voice
Paz Consuelo Márquez Padilla
Politics
Mexico's Political Transition and the Congress
Roberto Gutiérrez
Mexico, the Difficult Transition
Luis Salazar
Mexican Chiaroscuro. The 1998 Scenario
Leonardo Curzio
Chiapas, Our Agreements and Disagreements
Speech by President Ernesto Zedillo
United States Affairs
U.S. Trade Policy
At the Second Summit of the Americas
María Cristina Rosas
Society
Gender and Democracy
Gabriela Hierro
Mexicans in the United States
An Incipient Diaspora
Carlos González Gutiérrez
Museums
The Francisco Goitia Museum
José Alvaro Ortiz Pesquera
History
Ecology
The Tree of Wonders
Edgar Anaya Rodríguez
Canadian Issues
Team Canada in Mexico
Abel Escartín Molina
Literature
The Claw
José Emilio Pacheco
In Memoriam
Arnaldo Orfila Reynal (1897-1998)
A Century-Long Life, A Century of Books
Diego Bugeda Bernal
Reviews
México y Estados Unidos: Un reto a la interdependencia económica
Rosío Vargas
El futuro del libre comercio en el continente americano
Eduardo Ramírez García
The Splendor of Mexico
The Mesoamerican Ball Game
María Teresa Uriarte
The Silver Center of Zacatecas
Elsie Montiel
Science, Art and Culture
Barking from the Stage
An Interview with Ludwik Margules
María Tarriba Unger
Manuel Felguérez
An Inward Gaze
Juan Villoro
Manuel Felguérez
The Construction of a Visual Poetics
Luis Rius Caso