Yes, just what we have been waiting for! Economic Flat-Earth-Society guru Thomas Friedman says Mexico is ALL RIGHT! No mention of 125,000 murdered people and 27,000+ more missing in the past 6 years… Why mention it when the outcome and outlooks (according to Friedman) are so rosy? I would love to know what PR bill-of-goods Mr. Friedman is buying and who is selling it. I hope there will be an investigative report soon on the Mexican government’s rebranding campaign and how it is being run. I have no doubt that it is growing bigger and is getting more and more success every day as business reporters and columnists swallow the happy pills. Thanks to Ed for sending this one…
Meanwhile, killings continue this weekend in Ciudad Juarez. At least 2 more today since my early morning report…
WAIT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!! Tony Garza is a former US Ambassador to Mexico and now a big investor, profiting from free trade… Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But, to be fair, there is something wrong with all this economic jingoism completely ignoring the human toll of more than 100,000 murdered Mexicans in the past 6 years… And the increasing rate of poverty in the country. What kind of economic success leaves more than 50% of the country in poverty or EXTREME poverty? molly
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