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[edit] VICENTE FOX ARTICLE

[edit] Foreign policy and migration

Before Vicente Fox, Mexico had a Foreign Policy "doctrine" known as the Doctrina Estrada (Estrada Doctrine, so named after its creator, Genaro Estrada). The Doctrina Estrada was a foreign policy directorate that favored an enclosed view of sovereignty. It claimed that foreign governments should not judge, for good or bad, governments or changes in governments in other nations, because it would imply a breach to its sovereignty. [1]

US President George W. Bush, Fox and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper stand in front of the Chichen Itza Archaeological Ruins Thursday, March 30, 2006.
US President George W. Bush, Fox and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper stand in front of the Chichen Itza Archaeological Ruins Thursday, March 30, 2006.

President Fox appointed Jorge Castañeda to be his Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Castañeda immediately broke with the Estrada Doctrine, promoting what was called by critics the Castañeda Doctrine. The new foreign policy called for an openess and an acceptance of criticism from the international community, and the increase of Mexican involvement in Foreign Affairs. [2] Liberal media and think tanks like COHA, have heavily criticized Mexico's new foreign policy for being overtly submissive to the U.S. [3] [4][5].

Fox has also been criticized for his support to the Plan Puebla Panama. [6] [7] [8]

During Fox's term, Mexico actively sought (and gained) a temporary position in the UN Security Council[9]. During this appointment, Mexico failed to support the U.S. lead invasion of Iraq.[10] damaging US-Mexico relations. [11].

Mexico hosted several International Summits during Fox's administration[12]. In the Monterrey Summit of 2001, which ended in the adoption of the Monterrey Consensus, President Fox and his Foreign Relations cabinet were protagonists of one of the most serious diplomatic scandals of his administration. For the Summit, many heads of State where invited to the International Conference on Financing for Development. However, in the early stages of the meeting Cuban President Fidel Castro surprisingly stood and said that he was leaving the city because of a "a special situation created by my participation in this Summit". Fox repeatedly denied Castro's allegations that he was asked to leave the summit, as per the U.S. request[13]. A few days after the incident, a recorded phone call between Fox and Castro where the Mexican president asks Castro to leave before George Bush arrived to the summit was leaked to the press. [14].

During Fox's administration, Mexico pushed negotiations for a "comprehensive immigration reform" that addressed the problem of illegal immigration to the United States. The issue has been called "The Whole Enchilada" by Fox's administration, and states that "immigration reform in the United States should address mutual border problems, the rights of undocumented immigrants, and the development of regions in Mexico that 'expel' migrants". [15]. Even though this reform has been used as Fox's flagship for foreign policy to the U.S., according to former U.S. embassador to Mexico Jeffrey Davidow, no formal negotiations ocurred between the parties, all discussions on the subject were informal. [16]

The border migration policy that Fox hoped to achieve included a Guest Worker Plan, "The best thing that can happen to both our countries is to have an orderly flow, a controlled flow, of migration to the United States. "[17]. This reform was supported by president Bush and approved by the U.S. Senate, however, the bill was rejected by the House of Representatives[18]. Today the hopes for the approval of the bill are lower than ever and have been complicated by the recent approval of the SBI (Secure Border Iniciative), a bill that includes building a 700 mile triple fence between the U.S. and Mexico.[19][20].

During Fox's presidency the net migration rate in Mexico increased 152% from -2.84 migrants per 1,000 habitants in 2000 [21] to -4.32 in 2006 [22]; comparably in the same period the population growth decreased 35% from 1.57% [23] to 1.16% [24]. Fox, who has said to be "proud" of the mexican immigrants in the U.S. [25] has acknowledged the importance of remittances by both legal and illegal Mexican workers in the U.S. (now the #1 source of revenue for the country) [26] [27]; sparkling criticism from U.S. conservatives that claim that Mexico advocates soft migration policies to continue the influx of foreign generated capital instead of promoting a healthier economy that offers better opportunities to mexicans slowing migration to the US[28] [29]

[edit] Science and Technology

According to René Drucker Colín, coordinator of basic science research for Mexico's premier research institution, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, "no other government in recent history has neglected research in the basic sciences as Fox's" [30]. Fox's plan for the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, CONACYT, was that by 2006 this organism would receive 1% of the GDP, however the budget for this organism for FY 2006 was 0.33% of the GDP. [31] [32]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "la doctrina Estrada dice que México no debe juzgar, ni para bien ni para mal, los gobiernos ni los cambios en el gobierno de otras naciones porque implicaría una intromisión en su soberanía."
  2. ^ "La nueva diplomacia mexicana se definió con base en el cambio político inaugurado el 2 de julio del 2000 y en las transformaciones del mundo. Por tanto, México será activo en defensa de la democracia que le costó muchos años consolidar por la vía de la alternancia."
  3. ^ http://www.williambowles.info/americas/fox_chooses_us.html
  4. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030202221.html
  5. ^ http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2004/08/11/044n2soc.php?origen=soc-jus.php&fly=2
  6. ^ http://www.iadb.org/ppp/
  7. ^ http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2004/16.html
  8. ^ http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=3953
  9. ^ http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/membship/election/2001/1009mexico.htm
  10. ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/21/iraq/main545101.shtml
  11. ^ http://www.usbc.org/info/newslet/BA0503.pdf#search='Vicente%20Fox%20criticism%20war%20Iraq'
  12. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/mexico/189139-1.html
  13. ^ http://www.radioformula.com.mx/programas/lopezdoriga/articulos.asp?ID=9023
  14. ^ http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/518.cfm
  15. ^ http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32797
  16. ^ http://www.elpais.es/articulo/reportajes/oso/puercoespin/elpdomrpj/20040104elpdmgrep_3/Tes/
  17. ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-mexicofox_30int.ART.State.Edition2.e950034.html
  18. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/immigration;_ylt=A86.I1NlGTZEThIBNBxnr7sF;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
  19. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/30/AR2006093000490.html
  20. ^ http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q2/060531c_nr.html
  21. ^ http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps35389/2000/net_migration_rate.html
  22. ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
  23. ^ http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/indicator_detail.cfm?IndicatorID=29&Country=MX
  24. ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
  25. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/24/AR2006052402389.html
  26. ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/21/MNGFQIVNAF1.DTL
  27. ^ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20030924-2051-us-mexico.html
  28. ^ http://www.federalistjournal.com/fedblog/?p=2767
  29. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico/Economy#Remittances
  30. ^ http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/09/22/053n2soc.php
  31. ^ http://gaceta.cicese.mx/ver.php?topico=especial&ejemplar=106&id=40
  32. ^ http://gaceta.cicese.mx/ver.php?topico=secciones&ejemplar=95&sid=3&id=1474&n=Pol%C3%ADtica%20Cient%C3%ADfica

[edit] Personal attacks

Hi Andy, please do not insult nor harass users that do not share your point of view. Take a look at Wikipedia:No personal attacks and Wikipedia:Etiquette. Some of your comments made at Talk:Felipe Calderón and at my user page were just uncalled for. All-Bran 17:08, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for your kind words! Lets get some work done! Hari Seldon 06:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

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