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...wish to go. The best that could be said about Cancún is that the leaders agreed to continue talking, but neither a forum nor a time was set. As Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, co-chairman of the conference with Mexican President José López Portillo, candidly admitted, "We failed to get agreement on what the next step should...
...leaders flew into Cancún airport, each one arriving about half an hour apart so López Portillo could welcome them individually. Heat hung over the airport like a suffocating cloud; the temperature on the tarmac approached 100°. Dressed in long-sleeved uniforms with helmets and combat boots, several hundred presidential guardsmen stood on the steaming runway all day to greet the dignitaries. One young private, spying a reporter with an arrival schedule, pleaded, "When is the last one, please?" When Air Force One landed, Reagan greeted López Portillo with a warm abrazo. The pair...
...border every year for jobs, the Administration would allow 50,000 guest workers into the U.S. for nine to twelve months. They would have to leave their families behind, but would be paid a minimum wage and be eligible for health care. Says Mexican President José López Portillo: "We will insist that migratory rights not be confused with labor rights and human rights...
Returning to Mexico City, López Portillo said that he was "deeply satisfied" by the outcome of his U.S. visit. "The important thing," he said, "is the attitude we encountered, which was highly positive, friendly and considerate, and well established to better solve the problems...
...whether Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin, 49, a former actor, had a good grip on the situation. The Mexican-born Valenzuela certainly knows every stitch on a baseball, as his 9-4 record attests. At the White House, where he helped welcome visiting Mexican President José López Portillo, the beer-fueled screwballer seemed to wish he were high and outside. Said Valenzuela: "All this attention doesn't bother me. I have four days of rest between games, so I don't have much...