Gosh. I have to profess a woeful ignorance about Fox's contacts and business deals. The whole early Fox era of gaining prominence as a PAN bigwig, and gaining the governorship of Guanajuato, is data I'd like to find time to research in detail. When and how did he get US and Zedillo's sponsorship? Very interesting questions, and ones that the Mexican Left will probably be delving into often in the coming years. I do know that he has used the Guanajuato state government structure to finance a lot of expensive and disproportionate highway construction in his area of regional power. In this matter alone, he represents no change at all from past PRI practice. A key to understanding the binational relations between Mexico and the US, is to learn and understand more about the trade and cultural relations between Texas and Northern Mexico. As a brief generalization, it is safe to say that Democratic Party contact and influence on Mexico grows between San Antonio/ South Texas Border areas... into more historical relations with Mexico based on common racial heritage. While Republican Party influence is more recent, and flows out of Dallas and Houston Anglo business community relations with the super elite Mexican capitalist class. And not only in Northern Mexico, but throughout Mexico as a whole. In fact this Texas Anglo aristocracy is extensively involved in commercial contacts in Guatemala with the elite class there, too. But these details are often dry and hard to come by, except in little bits and pieces. Nobody has been paying much attention........ for so long a time. And much of the info is hidden in the shade. Tony _______________________________ An angle that I found interesting about the Mexican story is the fact that Mexico has energy shortages. znd that Bush, of course, wants to help them deregulate, sell them more overpriced services from the deregulated Tex group, AES, Dynergy,etc. That would be as a trade off for more slave labor from dsouth of the borderr. Would you have any info on this? Or information on Fox's business interests? Jenifer GlobalSpin _______________________________________________ CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
