Posted on 06/18/2010 9:11:10 AM PDT by AuntB
El Debate (Culiacan, Sinaloa) 6-17-10
The approval of the migratory law in Arizona substantially lowers the opinion that Mexicans have of the United States, its people and its president according to a poll taken on Thursday.
Of the 22 nations surveyed in the poll, public opinion of the United States declined only in Mexico according to the Pew Poll of Global Attitudes. Only 49% of Mexicans expressed a positive view of our neighbor to the North, compared to 57% last year.
The major decline in the general opinion of the United States in Mexico was due, in part, to the bad feelings caused by the Arizona migration law.
The Arizona law requires the police to confirm the immigration status of whomever they suspect is illegally in the country and every criminal illegal immigrant.
The favorable opinion of the United States fell from 69% to 56% in 2009, but there are big differences in the polls before and after Arizona approved the measure on the 23rd of April. In a poll taken between the 14th and 20th of April, 62% of those questioned had a positive view of the United States, compared to 44% of those questioned between the 1st and the 6th of May, according to the study.
Upon being questioned about the administration of the respective Presidents, 54% disapproved of President Barack Obama and some 43% disapproved of President Felipe Calderon while 75% disapproved of Governor Jan Brewer.
Before the approval of the law (SB1070), 47% of Mexicans had confidence in the international leadership of Barack Obama, but now only 36% have that confidence.
In other Latin American countries there is little confidence in Barack Obama. In Argentina there is barely 10% approval because of Iraq and 11% approval because of the situation in Afghanistan. In Brazil 48% disapprove of his (Obama’s) policies in Iraq and 43% disapprove of his policies in Afghanistan.
The United States enjoys the best opinion in other Latin American countries like Brazil (62%), and in Argentina where 42% approve and 42% disapprove of the United States.
Brazil is the country with the most citizens worried about climate change (58%) and is one of the few countries content with its economic situation (62%). The other countries happy with their economy are China (91%), India (57%) and Poland (53%).
The results of this poll were taken telephonically from people in 22 nations of which only Argentina, Brazil and Mexico were Latin American nations. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The Pew Center has taken opinion polls about a variety of issues since 2001 over the entire planet.
http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloGeneral.asp?IdArt=9961155&IdCat=6087
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Cambio de Michoacan (Morelia, Michoacán) 6-17-10
Federales ambushed in Michoacán
Two henchmen who participated in an ambush of federal policemen in Michoacan have been detained. One man is from Zitacuaro and the other from Lazaro Cardenas, in Eastern Michoacan.
Both men, aged 20 and 22 years are believed to be part of La Familia. The ambush lasted around 20 minutes and up to 35 henchmen participated in the attack. One gunman, known as “El Beto,” died in the confrontation.
——————– Wednesday, 6/16/10
El Diario (Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua) 6/15/10
Juarez police quitting in droves
According to official records released yesterday 91 Juarez policemen have quit voluntarily this year. Three others were let go “for loss of trustworthiness.” Just last weekend, at the funeral of one of their fellow workers, some members of the Juarez police expressed their desire to quit for fear of losing their lives in what they themselves called “a lost war” against organized crime.
This year, nineteen Juarez policemen have been assassinated during ambushes by organized crime. Another 46, from other law enforcement agencies, have been murdered in Juarez so far this year; they include 9 federal police, 5 state investigators, two traffic police, a jail guard, 4 CIPOL (intelligence center police,) 2 Public Ministry agents, 2 technical experts, and 2 private security guards.
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Diario Rotativo (Queretaro, Qro.) 6/15/10
Migrants assaulted by federal agents return to their country
As has happened in other occasions earlier this year, Mexican federal police in Chahuites, state of Oaxaca, assaulted some 300 Central American migrants riding a freight train. A priest from a shelter for transients in that area said that, “As in the previous two assaults, the agents acted brutally……..and kicked them while (the victims) were face down on the ground.” After the assault, a group of migrants complained to the National Human Rights Commission with the help of the local Salvadoran Consul. But afterward, federal police agents threatened them with firearms and demanded that they retract the allegations in front of video cameras. Yesterday, a group of Salvadorans decided to leave Mexico voluntarily and return to their country. They were escorted to the border for their safety by Mexican naval personnel and agents from a Chiapas state agency.
http://rotativo.com.mx/migracion/migrantes-asaltados-por-federales-regresan-a-su-pais/33641/html/
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Milenio (Mexico City) 6/15/10
A wave of violence in Mexico
Yesterday (Mon.) violence in Mexico caused the death by homicide of 79 persons. Of that number, 42 took place in three mass killings in the states of Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Michoacan. Mexico’s Ministry of Government “condemned” the cowardly assassination of members of the federal police in Zitacuaro, Michoacan (M3 Report of yesterday.)
http://impreso.milenio.com/node/8784453
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El Siglo de Torreon (Torreon, Coahuila) 6/15/10 – also found in several others
Taxco explodes in more violence
Today in Taxco, state of Guerrero, someone fired from a house at a passing military vehicle. A battle ensued and the result was that 15 people died, all of them civilians in that house. Also found inside were 13 “long barrel” firearms, 5 handguns and a couple of fragmentation grenades. (Seventy-seven human remains were recently found near this same city. See M3 Report of 6/8/10)
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Cambio de Michoacan (Morelia, Michoacan) 6/15/10
Complaint: Mexicans kidnap migrants
An average of 54 migrants, both Mexicans and aliens, are kidnapped in Mexico on a daily basis. This charge was made by two members of the Migration Affairs Commission of Michoacan’s congress; the two intend to issue a call to officials of Mexico’s border states to deal with this problem because in many of the cases there is complicity by the local or state police agencies.
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La Prensa Grafica (San Salvador, El Salvador) 6/15/10
What’s happening to us? Op/col. by Carlos Vanedas, titled as shown
We Salvadorans are suffering from such a grave situation that we are reaching desperation. We aren’t able to come out of the terrible economic crisis that hit us recently. Almost 100% of crimes go unpunished, due to a corrupt and deficient system of justice. What country are we going to leave for our children? We are in a situation worse than war. In Congress, our country’s fathers, comfortably in their seats, bust their brains thinking of new laws to help reduce the problem; nevertheless, while these keep ending up in corrupt and inefficient hands, all will go on the same or worse and, to boot, the laws most obeyed are those imposed by criminals. The gangster judges daily decree execution orders as if it were a matter of killing dogs. This situation leaves orphans, widows, families and friends with a wound that is very difficult to heal. Gentlemen murderers, extortionists, gangsters, have pity, an entire society begs you, respect the most precious gift of a human being, which is life.
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Grim statistics from El Salvador
El Salvador’s National Civil Police reported 19 assassinations in the country during this past weekend. The murder tally for the first 13 days of June now stands at 173. And the year’s current total has reached 1,972, an average of 12 daily.
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Any US law that favors respect for American laws and sovereignty will not be viewed positively by Mexicans.
This puts it all in perspective, doesn't it?
Anecdote from my neighborhood: the Mexican workers I've encountered daily (in the supermarket etc.) apparently have rediscovered their ability to speak English.
I am deeply sorry. /sarc off
You mean, Mexico no longer sees us as a nation of pushovers? Arizona ruined that image? Huzzah!
“Any US law that favors respect for American laws and sovereignty will not be viewed positively by Mexicans.
This puts it all in perspective, doesn’t it?”
Indeed!
Response: It could simply be a desire to conquer. In my lifetime it was claimed that Mexican History text books taught that Mexico would take back the Southwest. The more radical Mexicans in this country preach reconquest today!
I would imagine that the handouts serve two needs: (1) support for the Mexican and his family; (2) a sign as to just how sick and weak the American really is.
Finally a realistic post. I agree!!
Thank you very much for pointing out this poll.
The current image is “in the USA everything is free and you’re not responsible of anything”. That image would be better destroyed.
Good. Maybe they’ll stay in Mexico instead of trying to illegally invade my beloved country.
If I were the president, my administration would make it a policy to educate the Mexican public about what a negative experience they will have if they try to come here illegally.
I would make sure to widely disseminate the tragic outcomes that await people and their families when they make the unfortunate decision to break our laws and attempt to live and work here without full immigrant documentation as required by law.
And I would use the bully pulpit to pressure Congress into passing new immigration laws that virtually mirror the ones now in effect in Mexico.
you could, in theory, give back the ones you listed that were obtained from mexico. But, Texas did not come to the US from mexico. If Texas is no longer part of the Union, it reverts to the Republic of Texas - if mexico wants to fight texas a 2nd time, that’s up to them - just sayin’....
Sure it does, the image they've had of us for decades now is that we're a bunch of suckers that don't mind paying for their way in life. They're a terrible neighbor, I refuse to vacation there and buy their products unless no other option is available.
So Mexicans will quit coming here illegally now?
i’d like to see the results of a poll to see if Americans have a positive view of mexico.
Pardon me. I hope it drops to 10%. And quickly. And stays there. Maybe that will discourage some of the bastards.
I am totally ok with this. Let’s quit sending them money and see if we can get those numbers to drop even further.
Ping!
Who cares what Mexico thinks of us? They usually vote against us at the UN and speak out against most things we do. We need to do what is best for this country and quit coddling Mexico and their people.
“I am totally ok with this. Let’s quit sending them money and see if we can get those numbers to drop even further.
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Pardon me. I hope it drops to 10%. And quickly. And stays there. Maybe that will discourage some of the bastards.”
Agreed!
| That poll's true meaning can only be understood if you also note another Zogby poll of Mexican citizens. (LINK): Do you agree or disagree that the territory of the U.S. Southwest rightfully belongs to Mexico? Do you agree or disagree that Mexicans should have the right to enter the United States without U.S. permission?
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