North or South

This is two weeks old, but nonetheless interesting: Jorge Castañeda wonders if Mexico should subvert its sentimental and traditional connection with Latin America beneath its economic, geographic, and growing cultural links with the United States. He writes:

Where does the myth of Mexico's affinity for Latin America in the realm of foreign policy come from? Mexico has differed from the majority of the Latin American governments over the course of the last half century. A common argument is that the Mexican closeness doesn't reflect the relationship with the government but rather with the "peoples". Proof of this was the popularity Mexican icons like Cantinflas, Jorge Negrete, and El Chavo del Ocho in all of Latin America. In reality in makes more sense to put forward the true dilemma that Mexico faces today: on one hand, Mexico has its heart in Latin America, but on the other, it has its wallet and its head in the North.