Some in US Fuming after Mexican President Speaks to Expatriates
By Barnard R. Thompson

In mid-November, at the Foreign Ministry complex in Mexico City, mainly expatriate members of the Advisory Council of the government-sponsored Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) gathered for the organization’s Tenth Ordinary session. The inaugural ceremony, on November 14, was presided over by President Felipe Calderón, and the president delivered a hard-hitting speech heard – and apparently meant to be heard – all over the world.

A discourse with a message primarily aimed at the United States – that in the past would have been chiefly for domestic consumption.

Without pulling punches, the President of Mexico soundly criticized the U.S., saying things like, “The growing harassment, and today’s open persecution against Mexicans in the United States, especially concerns me.â€