Dallas Morning News, 11/30/2008
November was not kind to Felipe Calderón, as he completes today the second year of a difficult presidency that promised education, jobs and security. The month brought fresh levels of violence, scandal and economic malaise that threaten the well-being of not just Mexicans, but also Texans, for whom Mexico is both an attractive export market and the source of illegal narcotics and drug-related violence that reaches Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond.
Many, such as Ricardo Montiel, 38, a taxi driver in the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, still support Calderón’s efforts. “He’s the only president who has taken on the drug traffickers and criminals and is not corrupt like all of the others,” he said. “And he has helped the poor with housing and other government programs.”
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