Since September nth, 2001, Latin Amerieans have grown wearily used to their giant northern neighbour looking east in-stead of south. Nowhere is this more true, or more resented, than in Mexico. Only two years ago Vicente Fox had high hopes that his personal rapport with George Bush would help to turn the North Ameri- can Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into a broader scheme to integrate their two countries. Those hopes have been well and truly dashed, as the resignation earlier this month of Jorge Castaneda as Mexico's foreign minister seemed to underline.
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