Voices of Mexico no. 84
Our Voice
Is North America still profoundly asymmetrical? Is there any intention to upgrade the trilateral associ- ation to a higher level? Does Mexico have the same possibilities as Canada of thinking about a serious relationship with the United States? To what extent is the strengthening/formalization of Mexican-Ca- nadian relations desirable or even feasible? Are the three countries able to pursue a truly trilateral rela- tionship that can overcome the burdens that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has established with the bilateralization of the trilateral arrangement?
The meetings between Obama and Calderon and Obama and Harper contrasted enormously. Cal- derón continued his crusade on the offensive; in fact, reading between the lines, he could even be termed aggressive when demanding immediate answers from Washington without a rational script as a basis. Conversely, during the second meeting, Harper talked to Obama as Americans do, independently of their personal opinions; the Canadian prime minister talked to Obama in the way Americans like the most to be approached by their neighbors and allies: proactively with a common agenda.
Editorial
Our Voice
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Politics
The 2009 Elections Perspectives and Challenges
Lorenzo Córdova Vianello
Security without Rights, or What Went Wrong with the National Security Accord?
Luis González Placencia
Drug-Trafficking-Related Violence in Mexico Organization and Expansion
José Arturo Yáñez Romero
Economy
The Bail-Out and the Causes Of the Financial Crisis
Monica Gambrill
The Impact of the Global Crisis in Mexico For Whom Does the Bell Toll?
Enrique Pino Hidalgo
In Memoriam
Don Ernesto de la Torre Villar Professor Emeritus
Ana Carolina Ibarra
North American Issues
Obama and Mexico, Security Forever! Why Not?
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Rethinking President Obama's Victory and Challenges
Silvia Núñez García
Obama and Mexico New Paths of Hope
Leonardo Curzio
The Birth of the Virtual Political Community And the Victory of Barack Obama
Paz Consuelo Márquez-Padilla
President Obama And Latinos in the U.S.
Elaine Levine
Museums
The Cantón Palace Yucatán's Regional Anthropology Museum
Blanca M. González Rodríguez
Reviews
La americanización de la modernidad
Bolívar Echeverría, compiler
Julio Roldán
Aquella Luz, la que estremece/ The Light That Makes Us Tremble, Nela Rio (Hugh Hazelton, trans.)
Claire Joysmith
Splendor of Mexico. Yucatán
A Glimpse of Ek' Balam
Leticia Vargas de la Peña
Víctor R. Castillo Borges
Dzibilchaltún A Mayan Regional Center
Rubén Maldonado Cárdenas
Yucatán's Green Gold
Elsie Montiel
The Ingredients in Yucatán Cuisine
Elsie Montiel and Isabel Morales
Art and Culture
Puuc Style Mayan Cities Trimmed in Stone
Adriana Velázquez Morlet
Notes on Izamal City of Three Cultures
Luis Millet Cámara
Julio Galán Painting as Diary
Isabel Morales Quezada
Mexico and the World
Beyond Politics: Cultural Connections among Mexico, Romania and Poland
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Camelia Tigau
A Discreet Look at Africa from Mexico
Louis Valentin Mballa
Mexico and India: Slowly Approaching Each Other from Afar
Bernadette Vega
Lessons for Mexico: Chile and Brazil's Experience with China
María José Calderón Matute