Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Mexican President Calderón and the three presidential candidates. The two governments work closely to fight the War on Drugs; Obama’s administration is hopeful that they will continue to work closely when a new President is elected.
March 6, 2012, San Antonio Express News
Eyeing potentially game-changing elections in both Mexico and at home, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spent Monday chatting behind closed doors with President Felipe Calderón and later, the three presidential candidates vying to succeed him...
...“There is an underlying nervousness in the Obama administration about whether a new Mexican president would change the close collaboration between the governments,”
said Andrew Selee, director of the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
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The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute. Read more
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