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Finding out that the NY Times got something wrong about Mexico is no surprise. It’s got nothing to do with the NY Times specifically, but just U.S. news in general.

But to find out that at the same time, that politicians got it right – that’s a surprise!

Presidents “on the vast economic relationship between the two nations”

While it’s sort of old news, I was recently browsing through some articles about President Obama’s recent visit to Mexico (May 2.) I found this in the NY Times (my emphases):

In an hourlong news conference after a private meeting, Mr. Obama and Mr. Peña Nieto repeatedly sought to shift their public conversation away from security and border issues that have long dominated such high-level visits, to focus instead on the vast economic relationship between the two nations.

While it is sufficiently implied here, the article goes on to indicate how the two presidents were dodging the “real issues” (drug violence and illegal immigration) to focus on a secondary issue like economy.

Some Facts to Consider …

Well, here’s some news for the NYT:

• Drug violence is far less of an issue in most of the country than U.S. media (like themselves) imply
• Mexican immigration to the U.S. has almost dropped to 0

This last point means as many Mexicans are going back home as are heading into the U.S. Why? Well, job opportunities are better – oh, wait, that’s economy, that secondary issue that the presidents “wasted their time” talking about.

In recent years, Mexico has actually been sending jobs to the U.S.

As a growing number of brokers, businessmen, investors, retirees, vacationers and large corporations are realizing, Mexico’s economy has huge potential, and it’s on its way up.

So, maybe the Presidents did well to focus on economy. Oh, but it’s so hard to make a good headline about Mexico without including the words “violence” or “immigration.” But I guess you can still stuff the article full of those words even when they’re not very relevant to the topic being reported …

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Thomas Lloyd graduated from Purdue University Krannert School of Management with a degree in Management/Financial Option Investments. He has been living, investing, and working professionally in Mexico for over 16 years. In the summer of 2009, he received the first federally applied Mexico Real Estate Degree and Mexico Professional Real Estate License S.E.P. #5978657. He is the president of Top Mexico Real Estate. Contact him at (512) 879-6546.

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