The view from Gringolandia
JUST days before September 11th 2001, President George Bush famously declared that America had “no closer relationship” than with Mexico. Then came Mexico's ungenerous response to the terrorist attacks and the two countries' falling-out over the Iraq war, and Mr Bush had to eat his words. Nonetheless, whatever happens elsewhere, Mexico matters to its northern neighbour. Some two-thirds of the 40m Latinos who live in the United States are of Mexican origin, and most of them have a vote which counts.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “The view from Gringolandia”
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