Popular Posts
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- PUERTO RICO: The Enigma of Tourism.
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Attempts To Ban The Communist Party.
- ECUADOR: Judge Orders Jail For 3 Media Executives, Columnist...In Correa Libel Case.
- ROMANIA: After Court Overturns Austerity Measures, Huge VAT Increase Proposed To Protect IMF Aid.
- URUGUAY:Defeats So.Korea 2-1; In Q-Finals For 1st Time in 40 Years.
- MEXICO: Update On The Electric Power Takeover.
- CROATIA: Exit Polls Predict Presidential Run-off.
- COLOMBIA: FARC Abducts & Murders Provincial Governor.
- ARGENTINA: MaradonaTo Continue As Soccer Coach.
18 May 2010
MEXICO/U.S.: Calderon Visits Washington, Preoccupied By Troubles.
NYTIMES/ Analysis-- MARC LACEY/ "When Calderón addresses a joint session of Congress Wednesday, he will face a tricky task: How can he discuss the violence in his country with enough urgency to secure more assistance from Washington but also reassure American lawmakers that Mexico is not spinning out of control?" And this..." relations between Calderón and Obama are close, say aides on both sides. The state dinner that Obama will hold for Calderón on Wednesday is evidence, since such events have been rare in the Obama presidency."
