But as with Iraq, repression will beget resistance. In the past, it was the Mexican government against a few stray leftists. But now the indigenous population is aroused, bridges have been built past racial barriers, and Calderon has managed to destroy any sense of his own legitimacy. It looks to me like a high speed train wreck filmed in slow motion.

Considering that the US has now lost another country to another so-called “leftist” regime now that Daniel Ortega won his election, guarding the North Western Hemisphere is now becoming a priority. Part of finalizing “NAFTA Plus” otherwise known as the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America is that Mexico is to control the migration flow from Guatemala and Central America into Mexico by militarizing their Southern borders. According to Ana Maria Salazar, it looks like Calderon is serious about beefing up Mexico’s military.

Ominous mutilation. Last midnight, Fox and Calderon starred in an ominous and strange nocturnal ritual. It marked the end of office for the first but was not a formal taking on of office by the second. It was done in private, but disseminated by national chain. It pretended civility but had a marked military flavor. It was completely unnecessary but appeared to be forced by circumstances. It followed legal forms but was not foreseen in the laws. It was a demonstration of fearful weakness but constituted an unmistakable threat of force…

Ominoso desfiguro
La medianoche pasada Vicente Fox Quesada y Felipe Calderón Hinojosa protagonizaron un ominoso y extraño ritual nocturno. Marcó la separación del cargo del primero pero no fue una toma formal de posesión del segundo; se realizó en privado, pero se difundió en cadena nacional; se pretendió civil, pero tuvo una marcada presencia castrense; era completamente innecesario, pero parecía forzado por las circunstancias. Remedó fórmulas legales, pero no está previsto en las leyes. Fue una demostración pavorosa de debilidad, pero constituyó una inequívoca amenaza de fuerza…

A rough translation might be:

Ominous mutilation. Last midnight, Fox and Calderon starred in an ominous and strange nocturnal ritual. It marked the end of office for the first but was not a formal taking on of office by the second. It was done in private, but disseminated by national chain. It pretended civility but had a marked military flavor. It was completely unnecessary but appeared to be forced by circumstances. It followed legal forms but was not foreseen in the laws. It was a demonstration of fearful weakness but constituted an unmistakable threat of force…

It will be interesting to see what will happen to Mexico in the next 6 years.

And I know what you mean. How sad to watch this all happen to Mexico.