Voices of Mexico no. 82
Our Voice
Interesting times are coming to U.S. politics. Two candidates, two choices and countless questions in between, all of which should eventually and loudly collide to produce the forty-fourth president of the United States. At this stage of the presidential race, the electoral scenario is particularly different from the primary campaigns that amazed U.S. society last year.
The most striking element being that the once- Democratic-front-runner, Senator Hillary Clinton, is officially out of the running for the Democratic nomination. In addition, a distinctive feature of this competition is the ideological definition of the can- didates' platforms that from time to time tend to move away from their supporters' ideology. In any case, the dispute is raising interesting queries on what the right track for the direction of the country should be, what interests must be defended and whose character would allow the U.S. to recover from the last two periods of political obscurantism and, in line with both candidates, embrace its future and reposition itself in the international arena. The latter is of utmost importance if Washington wants to recover its lost legitimacy worldwide.
Editorial
Our Voice
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Politics
The Energy Reform Or the Return to Oil Multinationals
Rosío Vargas
NAFTA and Agricultural Policy The Peasantry's Reasons
José Luis Calva
Economy
Another Step toward North American Integration The Mexican Manufacturing, Maquiladora and Outsourcing Industry Decree
Monica Gambrill
Mexico-U.S. Trade Relations and The Prospects for Integration
Pablo Ruiz Nápoles
Methodological Problems in Assessing the Unfolding of NAFTA
William Glade
World Foreign Direct Investment North America and the European Union
Elisa Dávalos
In Memoriam
Emilio Carballido A Profile
Sabina Berman
Canadian Issues
Water and Canada's Bilateral Relations with the United States
Delia Montero
United States Affairs
Spanish...and English Spoken The Hispanic Media in the United States
Celina Bárcenas
North American Issues
Mexico and the Vectors of North American Integration
Rhina Roux
Should Local Police Enforce Federal Immigration Laws? Comparing Canadian, Mexican and U.S. Policies
Doris Marie Provine
Michael Shelton
Museums
Museum of Occupational Medicine Nicolás Zavala Cultural Center
Belem Oviedo Gámez
Literature
Emilio Carballido
A Poet on Stage
María Cristina Hernández Escobar
Two-Scented Rose
(Fragment)
by Emilio Carballido
Reviews
Dos modelos de integración energética. América del Norte/América del Sur
Juan José Dávalos López
Indicadores sociales, políticos y económicos TLCAN-UE. Un enfoque comparado
Ariadna Estévez López
Splendor of Mexico. Hidalgo
Tula Myth and History
Alfonso Arellano
Snapshots from Hidalgo
Elsie Montiel
The Traditional Flavors of Hidalgo
Elsie Montiel
Art and Culture
The Route of Friendship A Testimony to Mexico City's Aesthetic Modernity
Raymundo Ángel Fernández Contreras
The University City Central Library A Universe of Ideas
Isabel Morales Quezada
The Last Lens
Eugenio Martín Torres