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...preoccupation with the war on terrorism has deepened the malaise. Close allies like Mexican President Vicente Fox have been ignored. Plans for liberalizing immigration went back to the drawing board. "One day Bush was our mejor amigo, and the next he wouldn't take our phone calls," says a former Fox aide. Now the distinctly anti-U.S. former mayor of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is the front runner for the July 2 presidential election. Being a friend of America has become a political liability...
...from being the mejor amigo he promised to be, Bush today is arguably more unpopular in Latin America than any U.S. president in history. In Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, a recent poll showed 64% have a poor or very poor opinion of him. Elsewhere in the region, Bush's approval rating usually falls below 25%. Part of the problem is broad opposition to the Iraq war; another is the perception that Bush is a Monroe Doctrine throwback to heavy-handed U.S. interventionism in the region. That image caught fire after the Bush Administration was widely accused of backing...
...some good news on the eve of the Summit of the Americas, which he will host this week in Monterrey, Mexico: President Bush proposed immigration reforms aimed at helping millions of Mexican migrants. Fox talked with TIME's Tim Padgett about the plan, his political fortunes and his amigo George W. Bush...
...took it as a betrayal and virtually blacklisted the Mexican leader. But Bush faces a re-election campaign this year, and a larger swath of the traditionally Democratic Latino vote could be decisive in several closely contested states. Though Bush aides deny that political motive, Fox is Bush's amigo again - and in Bush's immigration-reform speech last week, Fox's ideas were suddenly "good" for U.S. border security. "We never stopped being friends," Fox insists. "I've always told [Bush], I'll do for you what I can, and what I can't do I'll tell...
Washington's bursts of interest in Latin America rarely last long. Spanish-speaking George W. Bush came into office billing himself as the region's mejor amigo in the new "Century of the Americas." Yet when it came to Latin America's economic travails, Bush adhered to the principle of tough love: no more bailouts. South Americans, however, weren't prepared for the jibe they got from Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill just before a visit to the continent. Even as a parade of U.S. CEOs stood accused of corruption, O'Neill remarked that Washington shouldn't help save...