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Among the other touchy points are disagreement over a lapsed U.S. assault weapons ban, a standoff over cross-border trucking and immigration
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Let's hope that, over the next four days, Obama will give us clear indications -- more than rhetorical outbursts -- that he will remain engaged with the region once he returns to Washington
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Both governments talk of a new era of co-operation, of shared responsibility
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
"There's no senior partner or junior partner."
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Obama will rely on a hefty dose of show-don't-tell diplomacy to prove his administration will be an active ally
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Obama aides have sought to temper expectations, suggesting that goodwill and good intentions are more likely than breakthroughs
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico has arisen as a foreign-policy emergency for President Barack Obama and a test of his ability to bring fundamental change to one of Washington's most important relationships
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
As Obama arrives for his first presidential visit to Mexico, many from the nation's southern jungles to northern deserts are hoping the U.S. leader will bring some of his contagious optimism
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
On the eve of his summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderon today, Obama added the cartels to the list of banned foreign "drug kingpins
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
The success of the US administration's efforts to rebuild frayed alliances at this week's Summit of the Americas will depend on Mr Obama's adeptness in sidestepping criticism about his policy on Cuba and the US's role in the financial crisis