Voices of Mexico no. 81
Our Voice
The election campaign in the United States has forced many actors close to and partners of that coun- try to express their preferences more directly than at other times in the recent past. Aside from the issue of the Iraq war —which seems to have resuscitated after Senator Hillary Clinton's criticisms of President Bush on the fifth anniversary of that unfortunate bellicose adventure that has Washington turned upside down— central domestic issues like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and migration have had a decided effect on the debate. This has forced the three contenders still occupying the polit- ical arena to take what turned out to be contradictory positions on them on several occasions.
This is mainly the case of the Democrats. Both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have criticized NAFTA and offered their constituencies the possibility of renewing or even canceling it. Obama himself had to reconsider his position after it leaked that his campaign staff had offered the Canadians assur- ances that he had no plans to negatively affect the treaty, and that it was just a matter for domestic con- sumption, for which it was a good idea to have a double discourse. This caused some resentment in Mexican circles and a big fuss among Democrats, to the point that Senator Clinton took advantage of the moment to launch harsh criticisms against her adversary. These certainly did great damage and probably were the cause of Obama's losing Ohio and Texas, two states sensitive to the issue of regional integration and free trade.
Editorial
Our Voice
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Politics
Still on Mexico's Agenda Why Reform the State?
Fernando Dworak
Decalogue of Challenges for the New Mexican Electoral Reform
Carlos González Martínez
Society
The Calderón Administration's Labor Reform
Javier Aguilar García
The Direction of Criminal Justice Reform in Mexico
Miguel Carbonell
Enrique Ochoa Reza
Tobacco Use, a Public Health Problem in Mexico Public Policy Perspectives
Daniel Tapia Quintana
Economy
Deindustrialization in the United States
Elisa Dávalos López
Global Issues
Building Universal Citizenship Migration, Ethics and Human Rights in Globalization
Ariadna Estévez López
United States Affairs
The 2008 U.S. Elections
Leonardo Curzio
International Food Aid: Support for U.S. Agriculture
Camelia Nicoleta Tigau
In Memoriam
Andrés Henestrosa Attentive to Detail and Combative
Silvia Molina
Meanderings and Memories Of Andrés Henestrosa
Dolores González Casanova
Museums
The Bastion of Our Lady of Solitude Museum of Mayan Architecture
Alfonso Arellano Hernández
Reviews
La seguridad nacional en México y la relación con Estados Unidos
César Villalba Hidalgo
Writing Toward Hope. The Literature of Human Rights in Latin America
Claire Joysmith
Splendor of Mexico. Campeche
The Río Bec, Chenes and Puuc Styles in Campeche's Mayan Cities
Leticia Staines Cícero
The Art of Weaving in Caves
Elsie Montiel
Between Water and Sky Astronomy and Calendars in Edzna
Jesús Galindo Trejo
Art and Culture
Juan San Juan Resistance
Eloy Tarcisio
Juan San Juan "Compurban" Globality Inoculated
Héctor Castillo Berthier
Half a Century Innovating Tradition The Frontiers of Amate Bark Paper Painters
Martha García
In the Splendor of the Mountains The Painting of Gregorio Méndez
Édgar Anaya Rodríguez