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THE. PRESIDENT:. ,T~~nk you~ M~. President, for the wisdom of
your words, for the warmth of your personal expression, and for
the great gene~o~ity with which the people of Mexico have
received my. wife and our delegation, the members of the
administration and the members :of· Congre55s ..· We thank all those
who. have been a part of that in -~he Mexican government,
throughout the political ~ystem and citize~s ~t large.
I am honored to speak today in the heart of this .magnificent
capital, where Teotih~acan and Aztec civilizations flourished,
where one 6.f the world's greatest cities grew up dmturies before
the first Erigli~h tents were pitched in Jam~stown, Virginia,· or
Plymouth, Metssachusetts.
I'm, frankly, a little envious that
'Hillary got to· ~pend an- extra. day here, and I want to thank thos~
who·are responsible for the w9nderful welcome•she received Ln the
Yucatan.
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Almost'22 years ago now, Hillary and I t~me~t6'Mexico for
our honeymoon.· .. Mexico won our hearts then, ·but no.w as· then, me
encanta Mexico.
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. I come here today to celebrate the ties th~t _bi~d the United
States and _Me~ico and to help set a course to str~ngthen t~~m for
the age of possibility ~efore us a~ we enter the 21st century.
Our na·_tiohs ·and our hemisphere stand at. ·a crossroads-· as hopeful
as the time. when .Hidalgo and Morelos . lit the torch of liberty for
Mexi~o. almosf two cen~uries ago.
Democracy has .swept every country but one in the Americas,
giving people a vote and a voice·in their future.
De,cades of
coups ahd civi~ war~ have given way to stability, to peace, to
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free markets and to the search for social justice and a cleaner
environment.
The electricity of change i~ surgitig throughout our
hemisphere and nowhere more hopefully.than Mexico.
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I congratulate the Mexican people for,carrying forward bold
political reforms that will lead ·in July t6 the most intensely
contested elections in your history. We know from our own 220
year experiment that democracy is hard work .. It must be defended
every day.
But it is worth the ~ffort, for. it has produced more
opportunity for people to make the most of their .own lives than
all its ri'vals.
Four years ago, in this very place, we j:;)egan a grand common
effort to seGure democracies gains in orlr h~misphere for all ou~
people.
On behalf of my administration, Vice President Gore here
invited the nations of our hemisphere to the Summit ·of the
Americas in Miami.
There we set an ambitious agenda to create
free trade throughout the hemisphere and· to cooperate on a host
of other issues with the goal of fulfilling the .age old dream of
building a truly democratic and prosperous family of the Americas
in the 21st century.
Revolutionary forces of integratioti; and technology and
trade, and travel and communications are shaping our times. and
bringing us all. closer together.
The stroke of a computer key
sends ideas, information and money across the planet at·
lightening speed. Ev:.ery day we use products that are dreamed· up
in one country, financed in another, manufactured in a third,
with parts made in still other countries, and then sold all over
the world..
Like ii or not, we are becoming more interdependent.
And we see that, too, on the negative side, as when a.stock
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market crash, an eh~ironmental di~~ster, or a dr~ad disease in
one country. sends shock ;·waves deeply felt· far beyond its borders.. ·.
While economic integr~ti9n is inevitablei· its shape and it~
reach depend upon our response to it.
In bcith our cotintries,
there are some who throw up walls of protection to ward off the
challenge of change. ~~t more arid more, people here and the
United States and throughout the . Americas understand that
openness, competition, and the flow of ideas and culture can
improve the lives of all our people, if we ensure that these
forces work for, and not against, al~ our people.
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With our long border, rich history, and complex challenges,
Mexico and the United States have a special responsibility to
work together to seiie the opportunities and defeat the dangers
of this time.
Our· partnership for freedom and demo~racy and for
prosperity, and our partnership against drugs, organized crime,
environmental decay, and social injustice {s fundamental to'the
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To succeed, this pa,rtnership mus·t ·be rooted i# a. spirit of
.. mutual respect. .Your great leader, . :Se·ni to Juarez; whose stat11e
· stands pot far fr.o:in .the Whit,e House in Washington, said, · "Respect
for the rights· of others is· peace." ·Today, I re23.ffirm to· the
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people 'of Mexic() :... We,· embrace ··the .wisdom of' Juarez. · We seek. a
. peaceful, .·p.rosper_ous ·partnership· filled with. respect. and dignity.
(Applause.)
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.. Four years ago,·· togeth.ei, we led the .fight· for NAFTA .. ·Many
people iri· both our countries painted a daTk. picture . of lost 'j qbs
and boarded. up factories should NAFTA prevail .. ·Well, they were
wrong. · .NAFTA i_s working _...:. working fo;r- you arid working for the
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In thr~e short years and de~pite Me~ico's worst recession in
this century, trade between ovr nations has grown nearly 6.0
percent, as Presiden·f·· 'ze.dillo said. Mexi'co is. our th.l;rd· largest
trading· partn'er, just behind. Japari~ · which has an economy 15. times
larger .. ,·our exports to Mexico ... are 37 'percent higher than be-fore·
NAFTA . an .·a'li time higl_l ih. spite• ()f. the• -ei::on·omic difficult-ies
·here .
.But for Mexico, ,NAFTA' s benefits are just. as great .. Two and
a half .y~ar·s a:go·, the' fipancia·l crisis 'that struck Mexico. wrought
reai ~nd.p:tofound hardshi~ to yorir people as jobs vanished and
·inflation sky~ocketed~
The storm hit only d~ys after _President
Zedill'o. took office. He might have simply complained that'he got
a bi:g. dose of bad -luck. Bu-t .instead, he.· responded with vision
and ~o~iage·.
By keeping to the pat~ of ~~f6rm and the blueprint
of NAF.TA,: he lessened. the· impact ol the ;recession.
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The real. hardsl),fps: ·remain. Mexico has made a remarkable
Sine~ the cri~is, you:have cre~ted one million new.
jobs' cut inflation by more; than ·haif ,·· and: regained the
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· Now, :corp.pare this with the economic crisis. of 1981 and '82,
when Mexic'o·· sharply rais·ed 'its tariffs and followed ·a. different
c6urse .· Th:en:·, ·.it took seven .16rrg, years for, Mexico to return to ·. ·
the firianci~l maik~ts; .this tim~~ only .seVen months.
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took fohr~years for_youi ~coriomy to.recover .the lost ground; this
. time,. on'ty a ye23.r after the cris,is, Mexico. grew by more than five
percent and is ~xpected ·to grow strongly thi~'yeat, too.
Yo.u .. have endured pun·ish,tng setbacks, but America is proud to
have worked with youcfr6rp. the;very be~inning, enlisting
international suppoit for ·a :lgan package that s~feguarded
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hundreds of thousands-of jobs in both our countries, calmed
emerging markets throughout Latin America and the world, and when
Mexico paid.the loan back, earned the respect and admiration of
the entire world.
I congratulate you on this course.
(Applause.)
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Of 'coui'se, the ul'timate test of our economic partnership .is
not in big numberS 1 bUt in human impact: •' the electroniC WOrkerS
of Mexico's Baj~ Peninsula.who~~ new jobs mean better h~alth care
and pensions and more education foi their children: t~e hundreds
of thousands of Mexican women who'now have mammograms because
American made diagnost'ic equipment has become more affordable to
you; and all the American workers with good high -wage jobs based
on our trade wi.th you.
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NAFTA has also become,ap important tool for improving the
environment and the well being of workers .. Itg institutions are
working to .clean up pollution i~ the.!border regionj with four
. treat-ment plants already under construction and more tq come.
Iti labor ~greements have creat~d-~ ri~w awareness.of wo~kers' .
.rights ~nd labor conditibris in Bdth pur countries.
We must accelerate the pace of these efforts to reach more
people and more communities. -Ahd wemust include.more nations in
our partnershi~ so that we can achieve the goal we .set out at the
Summit of the Americas of a free trade area of the Americas.
That is w~y I'm wo·rking with Congress to gain support for fast
track authority and why I'm coming back to Lat'in America twice in
the next few months.
As·we celebrate these accomplishments, we must also do
everything in our power to assure that the benefits and the
burdens of change are fairly shared.
The most powerful tool for
doing that, plainly, is education
giving our peopl~ the skills
they ·need to compete and succeed. · ·
At the Miami Summit, Mexico took the responsibility of
leading a hemispheric education initiative. Working with Brazilj
Chile, and the United States, you hav~ set our sights on lifting
standaids and bii~ging new methods and techriologies to cla~sroom
throughout the hemisphere. We can rekindle t_he passion for
education that swept· this country after your revolution.
Your
great poet·, Alfonso Reyes·, described that moment as, "a grand
crusade for lea~nin~ that elect~ified the people. Nothirig equal
to it ha;:; e.ver be·en see.h in the Americas."
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Let ~s see something equil to it .and greater.
Let us rene0
·this crusade·. ..And let us remeffiber, as my wife has said, the
citizens on every continent, in distant vilra~es and large
ci tles, this crusade f_or education .must include young women as
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well as young men on equal terms. And let us resolve to make
this crusade a shining light of our next Summit of the Americas
next year in Santiago.
·In Miami at the first summit, we also reaffirmed that we
cannot be responsible stewards of freedom unless we are also
responsible stewards of our ·natural resources -- our hemisphere's
land and air and water, as well as the iich texture of plant and
animal life they support.
Over the. long. run, · the development of democracy and a.
prosperous economy requires the sustainable development of our
natural resources.
That is why we have put the protection.of the
environment right where it belongs, at the heart .of our
hemispheric agenda.
That is the course we charted together in
Rio, in Miami, in Santa Cruz, and one·we must pursue further in
Santiago.
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Trade, education and the environment are critical pieces of
the greater mosaic of our relati6nship, designed to turn our
2,000 mile border into a vibrant source of growth and jobs .and
open exchange. We're also building a bridge between Brownsville
and Matamoros, and roads to connect our people, streamlining
cargo transit with high tech scanners, improving water supplies
for~he areas inhabitants, and through bur Border 21 Initiative,
giving local communities a strong voice in the future of the
dynamic living space they share.
As ou; cooperation grows closer, so do our people.
For
America, that means pride in the fact that we are one of the most
diverse democracies in the world~
That diversity will be one of
our ~reat strengths in the global society of the 21st century;
And Mexican Americans. are a crucial part of our diversity and our
national pride. Now, more tha~ 12 million strong, they have
helped to make the United States the fifth largest Hispanic
nation in the world .
• Mexican Americans are. contributing to every dimension of
American life.
In Congress; they have written the laws of our
land.
Just yesterday, Ambassador Bill Richardson, whose mother
came. from this city, was working to bring peace in Central
Africa, and every day he is America's voice at the United
Nations.
Our administration draws strength from many other remarkable
Mexican Americans, including several who are here with me -- our
Energy Secretary, Federico Penaj, my Director of Public Liaison,
Maria Echaveste; my Congre~sional .Liaison, J~net Murguia.
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also pleased to have in· our party two distinguished members. of
Congress who are Mexican Americans
Javier Becerra of
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California, and Silvestre Reyes of Texas; and four other
distinguished elected officials 'who represent large numbers of
Mexican Americans and who care deeply about our partnership
Senator Kay Bailey Hut·chison of Texas, Senator Jeff Bingaman of
New Mexico, Representative Jim Kolbe of Arizona and Governor
Robert Miller of Nevada.
Last year, nearly 160,000 Mexicans immigrated legally to
bringing their talents, their energies, their
aspirations.
They've played by the rules. And we, for our part,
must make sure that the system treats .them fairly and. gives them
the chance to live up to their hopes and dreams.
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But to maintain an immigration: policy that· is ·generous,
fair, safe, and orderly, we must also take effective action to
stop illegal immigration. We are a nation of immigrants and of
laws.
Just as those who obey are· laws ar~ welcome, those who
break them must face the ·consequences; ·Our new immigration law
will help us to achieve these goals.
In applying it and in our
overall approach to immigration, we will balance control with
common sense and compassion;
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I am very p~eased that the balanced budget agreement I
reached with our Congress last week includes a significant
restoration of welfare benefits to legal immigrants.
(Applause.)
I will continue td work with Congress to Correct some aspects of
our immigration law. We will ensure respect for human rights and
seek to apply the law humanely;· with special concern for children
and families.
There will be no mass deportatiOns or no
discrimination. And we will continue to support Mexico's efforts
to create new opportunities here, so that no one feels compelled
to leave home just to earn a living for his or her family.
In the end, that is the answer. But I ask you to remember
and work with us on the. central premise. We have a generous
immigration policy, perhaps the most generous in the world; but
to make it work we must be a.nation of laws:
This moment of great promise for us isj frankly, also orie of
peril.
The great irony of this time is that the forces of global
integration have also unleashed powerful sources of
disintegration that use open borders and technology and modern
. communications to strike at the very heart of .ci:v,ilized societies
dur families~ our institutions, our very lives.
For us, the greatest of these scourges is that of illegal
drug trafficking.
The cost to both of us of illegal drugs are
staggering.
In.America, every year drugs kill 14,000 people and
cost our country almost $70 billion for crime, prisons, rost
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work, v,;ounded bodies and ruin~ed live?. Every year, . our law
enforcement officials arre~t 6ne mifiion-p~opJe on drug charges.
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In Mexico, ·President Zedillo.hai call~d narcotics
trafficking "the greates-t· threat ·fc{ nation-al· security, the
biggest· hazard to social he~lth·and the bloodiest source of
violence."
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the fabr~c ·of entire societi~s; They coi~upt or murder law
enforcement· official's. and the. 'judiciary' take over legitimate
businesses and bank's, ·.spread violence to of-fices and homes, to
streets arid to playgr6urids.
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problem-- they ate.our common.problem.
The enormous demand for
drugs in America must be sterrimed. We have just a little less
than- fiVe· percent. of t~e world~s populition 7 ~ yet, we consume
one thiid o£"the world's cocain~i·:most of ·which comes.· from
Mexico·.
The· money we spend on illegal' drugs ·fuels: ·narco
traffickers who,'in turn, attack your,police and prosecutors and
pre:/ on your ,institutions. We must face this curse·:·together,
because we cannot defeat it alone .. -·My fri~nds, the· battle
against qrugs .ffiustunite our people, not divide them .
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We must fight ·back together, and we musf prevail.
In the
-United States we have begun the· largest antidrug effort in our
hi~tor~.
More than two thirds.of its $16 billion budget will go
to attacking our domestic drug problem. We~ ve cut. casual drug
use by 50 percent in Am~rica, but, t'ragically, among _young people
under 18 has doubled.
We·' r-e reaching out to young people with an
unprecedented. _effort -- a public education campaign to teach that
drugs are wrong, illegal, and deadly.
We're supportin~
successful neighborhood strategies ],ike comm~nity policing that
are making ·our streets and schools.·safer and~ore drug free.
We're punishing drug pushers with ~ougher sentences and working
wi~h·our partners abroad to destro~ drugs· at the source-or stop
them in transit ..
Here in Mexico,· you must continue your.bra,ve fight against
illegal drugs. Alre~dy you.hav~ shown'real ad~arices in drug
eradication. ·You've enac·ted strong new measures to combat money
·laundering and:: organized crime. ·You' v_.e destroyed more· drug. lab's
and lancting strips and seized more drugsf including more than .10
tons of. cocaine 'just days ago. And last week, .you r'esol ved to
r~build your drug enforcement· agency on a fir.mer foundation ..
I know the hardship and sacri-fic~ this has caused. More
than 200 Mexican police officers died la~t year becaq~e of drug
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violence. As terrible as this toll is, the price of giving up
and givin~·in woUld be higher.
Let us resol~e to redouble our
efforts, not by pointing fingers, but by joining hands.
Yesterday, President Zedillo and I took an important step
forward when we declared the U.S. Mexican Alliance Against Drugs,
based on mutual respect and common sense. Will-strengthen our
attack on drug production, trafficking and consumption.
We will
cra~k down harder on the key problems of money laundering. and
arms trafficking.
The friture of our children depends upon these
efforts and depends more on ~ur determination .to continue the ·
fight.
We mus.t .. not let 'our children· down.
(Applause.)
Our alli~n~e against drugs is but ~ne of many.elements in
our cooperation for the. coming century. ' 'Yesterday I the President
and I received a .report of our binational commission.
From
wiping out tuberculosis in Dur border states to protecting
endangered species in the Pacific, t6 increasing educational
opportunity with more Fulbright Scholarshipsi the scope of our
joint efforts has become as .. large as the continent we share.
Fift~ years ago, President Ha~iy. Truman came to Mexico.
His
visit was a turning point between our people.
He spbke of the
difficulties in our past and of the need for us to work more
closely. He said, , I refuse to be ,discouraged by apparent
difficulties; difficulties are.a challenge to men of
determination. · In the face of our difficulties, we must be men
and women of determination. We can bridge the divides of
culture, history and'geo~raphy to achi~ve Jua~ez' noble vision of
respect and peace.
Rooted in the rule of law, rooted in prosperity for all who
will work for it, roo.ted in, good hea·lth and a· clean environment,
'rooted in modern education and timeless values, the bright
promise ·of a new century lies before us.
Let us embrace it
together·.
Thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. President, for your gracious welcome and for the warmth with which you and the
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Mexican people have received us.' I am honored to speak to you today in the heart of this
magnificent capital ... where the Toltec and Aztec civilizations tlourished ... and where one of the
world's greatest cities grew up centuries before the first English tents were pitched in Jamestown,
Virginia or Plymouth, Massachusetts.
It is also a great personal pleasure for me to be here because Mexico has been an important part
of my life. Ah:nost 22 years ago, Hillary and I came to this country for our honeymoon. We had
one of the happiest times of our lives -- and Mexico won our hearts. We have so often looked
forward to returning to this land of stark deserts and snow-capped.mountains, thriving cities and
quiet beaches. Now, we feel very much at home, and we thank you. Then and now, Me Encanta
Mexico. [MAY-encahn-tah MAY~hee-co] [I am enchanted by Mexico.]
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help set a course to strengthen them for the age of opportUnity and challenge before us as we
enter the 21st century.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
ADDRESS TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
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Thank you, Mr. President, for the warmth with which you and the Mexican people have received
us. I am honored to speak to you today in the heart of this magnificent capital...where the
· Teotihuacan [tay-oh-TEE-wah-khan] and Aztec civilizations flourished ... and. where one of the
woi-ld's·greatest cities grew up centuries before the first English tents were pitched in Jamestown,
Virginia or Plymouth; Massachusetts.
I'm envious that Hillary had a chance to spend an extra day here-- and I thank you for the warm
·welcome· the people of the y-ucatan gave her. Almost 22 years ago, she and I came to this
country for our honeymoon. Mexico won our hearts. Now as_ then, Me Encanta Mexico. [MAY. encahn-.tah MAY-hee-co] [I am enchanted by Mexico.]
I come here today to celebrate the ties that bind the United States and Mexico and help set a
course to strengthen them for the age of possibility before us as we enter the 21st century.
. Our nations face a moment of unparalleled opportunity -- and our hemisphere stands at a
crossroads as hopeful as when Hidalgo and Morelos lit the torch oflibertyfor Mexico almost two
centuries ago. Democracy has swept every yountry but one in the Americas, giving people a vote
and voice in their future. Decades of coups and civil war have given way to stability and peace.
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The Americas have embraced free markets and reforms that spur growth and prosperity. Instead
. of exploitation, nations increasingly seek social justice for their citizens. Instead of reckless
development, they strive to protect our air, water and soil.
The electricity of change is surging through our hemisphere ... and nowhere more hopefully than in
Mexico. I congratulate the Mexican people for carrying forward bold political reforms that will
lead in July to the most freely and fairly contested elections in your history. We know from our
220-year experiment that democracy is hard
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know that it has produced more opportunity for people to make the most of their lives than all of
its rivals. And it will do the same for all Mexicans.
Four years ago, in this very place, we began a grand common effort to secure democracy's gains- and to see that they work for all our people. On behalf of my Administration, Vice President
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Americas ... and providing a secure foundation for the freedom and prosperity of our people in the
21st century.
All of recognize that the forces of integration are among the most powerful realities shaping our
times. Fueled by a technological revolution, these forces are bringing us all closer together. The
stroke of a computer key sends ideas, information and money across our planet in a micro-second.
Every day we use products dreamed up in one country, financed in another, manufactured in a
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forces in an instant -- when a stock market crash or environmental disaster in a distant land can
· send shock waves around the globe. ··
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is inevitable. But
throwup walls of protection to ward offthe challenge of change. But·more and more, people
here, in the United States and through~ut the Americas understand that openness, competition
and the flow of ideas and culture mak_e us all richer...that we must turn the forces that are binding
us together to our advantage_-- so they work for, not against, all our people.
As neighbors with a broader relationship than any two nations on earth, Mexico and the United
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can on our own. Our partnership/or freedom, for democracy ;and for prosperit'lt is fundamental
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to. the future of the American people, and I belie~e-it is fundamental for the Mexican people.
Now, we must ·carry our partnership forward --by increasing prosperity and growth on both sides
.·of our border...creating a better future for all our citizens. And only together can we confront the
. powerful dangers that defy borders .. .illegal drugs ... organized crime .... environmental decay.
Our partnership requires us to work in a spirit of mutual respect. Your great leader Benito Juarez
--whose statue stands· not far from the White House in Washington -- said, "Respect for the rights
of others is peace." Today I reaffirm to the people of Mexico: The peace we ·want is the peace Of
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That has been my commitment since I became President. Four years ago, we led the fight for,
NAFT A. Many people in both our countries painted a picture of lost jobs and boarded up
factories. They were wrong. NAFT A is working for America, and it is working for Mexico.
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In three short years-- and despite Mexico's worst re~ession in this century-- trade between our
nations has grown nearly 60%. Mexico is our third largest trading partner, just behind Japan,
which has an economy 15 times larger. Our exports to Mexico are 37% higher than before
NAFT A, an air-time high.
For Mexico, NAFTA's benefits are just as great. Two and a half years ago, the financial crisis
~ck Mexico brought real hardship as jobs vanished and inflation skyrocketed.
The storm hit
only days after President Zedillo took office -- but he showed vision and courage. By keeping to
the path of reform
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million new jobs, cut inflation by more than half, and regained the confidence o
investors.
Compare this with the crisis of 1981-:82 -- when Mexico sharply raised its tariffs: Then, it took
seven long years for Mexico to return to the world's capital markets; this time, only seven
months. Then it took four years for your economy to recover the lost ground. This time, only a
year after the crisis, Mexico grew more than 5% and is expected to grow strongly this year too.
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The resolve of the Mexican people has earned the admiration of the world. And I am proud that
America put together the international stabilization package that helped see you through. You
have endured punishing setbacks: ·BJJt because the people ofMexico did not falter and because
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build the Pr8e Trade Ar.ea of
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'With fnst trttel£, we ettH.eenelude a comptehensive agteement with Chile as om next step in
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But as we celebrate our accomplishments, we mustt{!o everything in our power~e be~efits and·
burdens of change are Shared fairly ,- and the most powerful
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·education-- giving our people the skills they need to succeed in a time of change and opportunity.
At the Miami Summit, Mexico took the responsibility of leading a hemispheric education
initiative. Working with Brazil, Chile and the United States, you have set our sights on lifting
·standards and bringing new methods and technology to classrooms throughout the hemisphere.
We can rekindle the passion for education that swept this country after your revolution. Your
. great poet; Alfonso Reyes [RAY -ez]; described that moment as "a grand crusade for learning·
[that] electrified the people. Nothing equal to it has ever been seen in the Americas." Let us
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work for all the people of the hemisphere.
Trade and education are pieces of the greater mosaic of our relationship. We have joined forces to
turn our 2000-mile border into a region of prosperity. Together, we are building bridges and
roads to connect our peopl~eamlining cargo transit with high~ tech scanners and improving
water supplies for the area's inhabitants.
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l~ws of our land. [Frank Tejeda] To,day, Ambassador Bill Richardson; whose mother came from
this city, is working to bring peace in Central Mrica -- and every day, he is America's voice at the
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~se~e tradition oflegalimmigration that created this community in the
heart of America .... and to keeping our border a vibrant source of growth, jobs and open
exchange. But we must also work to prevent illegal immigration, and break up the criminal rings
that smuggle people across our border. Last year, 160,000 Mexicans immigrated legally to
America, bringing with them th~t = ~nergies and dreams. They played by the rules, and we/ ~~
must make sure lhe system work}~ I am committed to working with our Congress to achieve a
fair balance between control and_ compassion. The human rights of all immigrants must be fully
respected. We will uphold our tr_adition of concern for families and- children. And the United
States will continue to support Mexico's efforts to create new opportunities here..,- so no one
feels compelled to leave home to earn a living for hisor her family ..
This moment of great promise is also one of peril -- of new threats that defy borders and unilateral.
solutions. One that challenges us both is the scourge of illegal drugs -- which strikes at the very
heart of our families and our institutions.
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The costs to both ofus of illegal drugs are staggering. In America, every year drugs kill14,000
people and cost our country almost $70 billion for crime, prisons, lost work, wounded bodies,
ruined lives. Every year, outhw en(orcement officials arrest one million people on dru~ charges.
In Mexico, President Zedillo has called narcotics trafficking the "greatest threatto natio~al
security, the biggest hazard to social health and.the bloodiest source of violence." Hard
experience in our hemisphere has shown how drug cartels threaten the fabric. of entire societies.
They corrupt law enforcement officials and the judiciary, take over legitimate businesses and
banks, spread violence to offices and homes, streets and playgrounds.
American problem. They are our common AI... __ · __ 1
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·problem. M~teaZ"-eft!1m(tftJrdrrmrni;rnmrllff>us~e 5% of the world's population, but
we consume a third of the world's cocaine-- most of which comes through Mexico. The money
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we spend on illegal drugs fuels narcotraffickers who attack your police and prey
institutions. We must face this curse together because we cannot defeat it alone
against drugs must unite· our people, not divide them .
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Together, we .are fight~k -- and we wH-1 prevail. In the United States, we've begun the .
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largest anti-drug effort in our history. More than two-thirds of its $16 billion bu~get will go to
attacking our domestic drug problem. We've cut casual drug use by 50%. But among people
under 18, drug use has doubled. We're reaching out to young people with an unprecedented
public education campaign to teach them that drugs are wrong, illegal and deadly. We're
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punishing drug pushers with tough sentences and hard time. And we are working with our
partners. abroad to destroy drugs at the source.
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effort~ illegal drugs and ~rug lords. Mexico ~as become a world leader in drug
eradication and enacted strong new measures to combat money~laundering and organized crime.
More drug labs and landing strips have been destroyed, d!llg seizures are up -- including one of
more than ten tons of cocaine just days ago. You have taken. a tough stand against corruption -and just last week resolved to reb~ild your drug enforcement agency on a firmer foun.dations.
I know the hardship and sacrifice this has caused. More than 200 Mexican police officers died
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last year because of drug violence. ~ertible toVfi1~:fltif\B=ftdt~~R.Jt.:~L.JnQ!]~~
hard~to do it together.
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Yesterday President Zedillo and I took an important step forward by declaring the U.S.-Mexican
Alliance Against Drugs. It is based on common .respect and common sense. We will strengthen
our attack on drug prod1,1ction, tr~fficking and consumption. We will crack down harder on
money laundering -- and extend our fight to drug-related crimes such as arms trafficking. The
future of our children depends
on our determination to win this battle. ·we have .a sacred
commitment to them; we must succeed.
Our AJiiance against Drugs is one way we are building cooperation for the coming century. But
there are many others in a relationship that has become vast in its breadth .... and ambitious in its
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depth. Yesterday, President Zedillo and I received the report of our Binational Commission.
From wiping out tuberculosis in our border states ... to protecting endangered species in the·
Pacific ... to increasing educational opportunity with Fulbright scholarships ... the scope of our joint
efforts has become as large as the continent we share -- and it will grow and benefit us all.
Fifty years ago, President Harry Truman came to Mexico. His visit was a turning point between
our people.
He spoke openly of the difficulties in our past -- and of the need for us to work
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more closely. He said "I refuse to .be discouraged by apparent difficulties. Difficulties are a
challenge to men of determination."
Today we do face our difficulties. But all ofus must be.men and women ofdetermination.· We
must d~epen.our democracies and strengthen freedom. We must build prosperity that lifts up all
of our people ... .improve the health and education of our citizens ... protect the environment of our
magnificent continent...and give our people the chance to make the.most of.their own lives. We
must bridge the divides of culture, history and geography -- and dedicate ourselves ·to achieving
Juarez's noble vision of respect and peace. Then we will fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves,
our neighbors and our children -- and we will realize the promise of the century about to dawn.
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MEXICO:
SPEECH AT THE NATIONAL AUDITORIUM
Context:
Your speech will outline the central message of the trip:
the
partnership between the United States and Mexico in addressing
the issues of concern to our two peoples, including drugs, trade,
migration and the environment. You will be introduced by
President Zedillo and speak to an audience representing a crosssection of Mexican society, including representatives of women's
groups and non-governmental organizations, as well as.members of
the business community.
(The Mexicans had hoped this event would
focus on the success of NAFTA; they planned a NAFTA video, a
speech on NAFTA and a NAFTA exhibit, ·with an audience of .Mexico's
business elite. Our successful trade relationship will be an
important component of your message, but not the dominant theme.)
Objectives:
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To emphasize the breadth and complexity of the U.S.-Mexico
relationship, putting in context problem areas such as
narcotics trafficking and immigration.
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To express the belief that continued market-oriented economic
reform will improve the long term prospects of the Mexican
economy.
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To affirm the benefits of trade expansion for all parties.
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To salute Mexico's continuing political reform process and
the increasingly robust democracy to which this July's
elections will testify.
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To emphasize the importance of cooperative efforts to address
cross-border environmental problems.
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To assure the Mexican people that the U.S. is committed to
respect for human right~; including the rights of immigrants.
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To reiterate the U.S. understanding of the importance of
demand reduction in counternaTco.tics efforts.
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PRESIDENT WILLlAM JEFFERSON CLINTO
ADDRESS TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
NATIONAL AUDITORIUM
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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[Acknowledgments] Thank you, Mr. President, for your gracious welco e and for the
with which you and the Mexican people have received us. I am honored o speak 1:}, you today in ,
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where one of the world's greatest cities grew up centuries before the firs English tents were
pitched in Jamestown, Virginia or Plymouth, Massachusetts.
It is also a great personal pleasure for me to be here because Mexico has been
Jan important
part of my life. TK years ago, Hillary and I came to this country for our honeymoon. It was one
of the happiest times of our lives -- and the first of tk trips to this land of stark deserts and snow-
capped mountains, thriving cities and quiet
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office, Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon also had the good sense to honeymoon here. ~ '{ ~
Perhaps it's a requirement of the job. N o,.;be feel very much at home, and we thank you. M/IJ;
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Encanta Mexico. [MAY NCAHN-tah MAY-hee-co] [I am enchanted by Mexico.]
I come here today to r@he ties that bind the UnitOd States and Mexico and help set a
course to strengthen
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Our nations face a moment of unparalleled possibility-- and our hemisphere stands at the most
hopeful crossroads since Simon Bolivar lit the torch of liberty for Latin America almost two
centuries ago. Democracy has swept every country but one in the Americas, giving people a vote
and voice in their future. Decades of coups and civil war have given way to stability and peace.
In only a few years, the people of our hemisphere have traveled from discord to unity ... from {
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sustain them. Now, from the Arctic reaches of Canada to the Antarctic regions of Chile and
Argentina, 850 million men and wornen navigate by the same values of freedom and
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opportuoity... as they seek to build better lives than their parents knew and pass on even brighter~
prospects to their children.
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The electricity of change is surging through our hemisphere .... and nowhere more hopefully than in
Mexico. I congratulate the Mexican people for carrying forward bold political reforms that 'Will
lead in July to the most open, free and fairly contested elections in your history. Today, aU who
love freedom salute the panies and the candidates who are competing for office and the countless
new citizens groups that have sown the seedbed of a vibrant civil society, We know from our.
own 220-year experiment that democracy is hard work and· must be defended every day. It can be
unruly and seemingly lead into contradictions and blind alleys. But we both know that it has
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produced more prosperity, more security and more opportunity for people to make the most of
their lives than all of its rivals. And it will do the same for all Mexicans, from the Indian fanners
ofTabasco to the eritrepren.eurs ofMon.terrey ... from the fishermen of Oaxaca to the industrial
workers ofMexico City. [ck]
Mexico is moving forward. But in many places in the Americas, though the trend is posjtive, the
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The expectations of the hemisphere have been •:wakened -- and now
we must wor7\o make reality meet these new hopes.
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Four years ago, in this very place, we began a common effort to lock in the democratic gains our
hemisphere has made -· and to see that they work for all our people. On behalf of my
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Americas in Miami. There, we set an ambitious agenda to bring the hemisphere closer
together ... by creating free trade throughout the Americas ... deepening the roots of
democracy .. .improving the quality of life for our peoples. We began to fulfill the age-old dream
of creating a true democratic family of the Americas. We began to build the Americas into a
bulwark for freedom in the 21st century -- one that will shelter out penple with security a:nd
prosperity in an hopeful but still uncertain future .
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technological and information
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not. The stroke of a computer key sends ideas, information and money across our planet in a
micro-second. We all use products dreamed up in one courtt:J:y, financed in another, manufactured
in a third with parts made elsewhere and sold all over the world. 11li'!l !ente Mil
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Integration is inevitable .. But our reaction to it is not.
would throw up walls of protection in a futile effort to ward off the challenge of change. But
more and more, people here, in the United States and throughout the Americas understand that--:i.t-
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defeat the dangers of this new time orking together~~ we can oq ~~ own. Through~
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work in the spirit of mutual respect. Your great leader Benito Juarez --whose statue stands not
far from the White House in Washington-- once said, "Respect for the rights of others is peace."
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difference in the lives of our people.
Four years ago, my Administration led the fight for NAFTA. Many people in my country said it
wouldn't work. They painted a picture oflost jobs and boarded up factories. They were wrong.
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than with Germany and China combined. Our exports to Mexico have grown 37% to an all-time
high and support nearly 750,000 jobs, including more than 120,000 new ones, most of them
paying the higher wages our people need.
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Industries has doubled its exports of irrigation and waste water treatment eq~ipment to Mexico ~ ~
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since NAFTA came into effect. To meet the demand, Waterman has added new workers -- and
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agreements helped Mexican workers win important gains
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That's why I am working with Congress to gain support for fast track authority to conClude trade
agreements. With fast track, we can conclude a comprehensive agreement with ~bile as our next
step in building the FTAA. .. start wotk on further agreements ... and multiply the benefits of trade.
Even as we celebrate our accomplishments~ we know that progress is not yet everyone's partner - especially those who lack the skills to succeed in the global economy.
We must do everything in our power to soften the blows of change .-in arsenal for
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parent~ers mid Citizens ofa1lwa:lks oftife to commit themselves to improving~
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we can rekindle the entlrusiasmfor education that swept this country after your revolution.
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great poet, Alfonso Reyes [RAY-ez], described that as "a grand crusade for learning [that]
electrified the people. Nothing equal to it has ever been seen in the Americas." Today I urge the
people ofMexico: renew this.crusade ... bring its light to Santiago ...help us make the global
economy work for all the people of the hemisphere. And remember the words ofReyes, who said,
"Above al~ schools, schools."
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new bridges and roads to connect our peoples ...we're streamlining cargo transit with high-tech
scanners ... and we're improving water supplies for the area's inhabitants. Communities and
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initiative, so that backwaters can grow into booming cities and towns.
Our communities are growing closer a:nd so are our peoples. Americans make tk million visits to·
Mexico· a year -- and Mexican citizens. cross the border tk million times to shop, tour and visit.
Many of the people they are visiting are friends and family in America's extraordinary Mexican
community. America is proud to have welcomed millions of Mexican-born immigrants-- they
have contributed beyond measure to our national life. These men and women helped lay the
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railroads of our Southwest. .. build some of our greatest cities .... and bring in the harvest in World
;:::-With music and food ... literature and dance... they have enrich our culture in countless
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I am committed to preserving the tradition of legal immigration that created this community in the
heart of America .... and to seizing the many opportunities that our shared border offers. But to
do so, we must also work to prevent illegal immigration... and break up the criminal rings that
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take over legitimate businesses and banks, spread violence to offices and homes, streets and
playgrounds.
in our history. More. than two-thirds of its $16 billion budget will go to reducing demand. Over
the last decade, we've cut casual drug use by 50%. But among people under 18, drug use has
doubled and juvenile crime is up. That's why we're reaching out to young people in an
unprecedented public education campaign to teach them that trying drugs is wrong. We're
punishing those who push drugs with tough sentences and hard time. And we are working with
. our partners abroad to· destroy drugs at the source.
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brave efforts to fight illegal drugs and the drug lords.
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Mexico has become a world leader in diug eradication. eave enacted tough new meas r1!!:....
combat money-laundering and organized crime. Last w~ade the tough decision to .4..._~
disband a drug enforcement agency that was riddled with corruption. More drug labs and 1
strips have been destroyed, drug seizures are up -- and I
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America less than two weeks ago.
On behalf of the United States,·! also want to honor the
tremendous sacrifice ofyout nation in this battle. More than 200 Mexican police officers died in
·the line of duty because of drug violence last year. [poss. acknowledgment of two widows] This
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We must do more)-aaa·w8are. Yesterday President Zedillo and ltook an important step
forward by declaring the U.S .-Mexican Alliance Against Drugs. ~S'ee
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consumption. we will crack down harder on money laundering -- and extend our efforts to fight
drug-related crimes such as arms trafficking. We can and we must succeed in this effort-- for the
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Our partnership against drugs is one way our nations are building cooperation for the coming
century. But there are Iilariy others in a relationship that has become Ixtraordinary in its
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breadth... .it exceeds anything that could have been imagined only a few years ago .... and cannot
be defined by any one issue. i-vtras FetnHiSeel eftfti.s yesterday wfieerPresident Zedillo and I
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sides of our border ... to protecting endangered sp·ecies in the Pacific ... to increasing educational
opportunity with more Fulbright scholarships .... the scope of our shared efforts has become as
arge as the .continent we share -- and it will grow and benefit us all.
Fifty years ago, President Harry Trwnan came to Mexico City for a visit that was another turning
point in the relationship between our peoples. He was the first American President to lay a
wreath at the Altar of the Nation,
as I did yesterday.
He spoke of the need for the United States
and Mexico to work more closely for peace and prosperity -- and he spoke openly of the
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difficulties in our past. In his address to the Mexican people, he said "I refuse to be discouraged
by apparent difficulties. Difficulties are a challenge to men of determination."
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Today the difficulties ~Jtare not those of the past but ofcommon challenges ... deepening our
democracies ... building prosperi.ty .. .imptoving health, education and environmental protection.
They are the difficulties of defeating drugs, crime and corruption. As we go forward, let us all be
men and women of determination .... and face these difficulties as challenges we will meet
j~ning ~c!s_:cross our common bord~ to~er to ~.
together... as friends and partners ...
realize the tremendous promise of the century about to dawn.
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President Lincoln invoked the Jeff~rsonian ideal, to heal a
wounded nation, as he stood at Gettysburg. President Roosevelt
looked toward the world that would follow World War II, and he
too called upon Jefferson for inspiration and courage. The words
that he wrote then are as relevant today as they were in 1945,
and I would like to close with them.
We must do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the
fear, the ignorance and the greed, for today science has brought
all the different quarters of the globe so close together that it
is impossible to isolate them one·from another. Today we are
faced with the preeminent fact that if civilization is to
survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships
the ability of all peoples of all kinds to live together and work
together in the same world at peace.
And to you and to all Americans who dedicate themselves with
us to the making of an abiding peace, I say the only limit to our
realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Le.t us move
forward with strong and active faith.
That was the speech Franklin Roosevelt was working on in
this month 52 years ago when he died in Warm Springs. Though
unspoken, his words, like those of Jefferson, come down to us
today with a freshness, a vitality, and a fundamental truth that
must forever guide
as a nation.
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On Friday, we will gather to dedicate the memorial to
President Roosevelt, the very first presidential memorial since
President Roosevelt dedicated the one to Thomas Jefferson in
1943. Together we will renew our commitment to fight tyranny
with liberty, ignorance with knowledge, fear with hope and
confidence.
Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt, I believe, would be
quite proud of America today -- still eager to right its wrongs
and seize its new opportunities. And I might say, I think they'd
be a little impatient with those among us who, finding America at
the pinnacle of its power, influence, and success, and therefore
at the pinnacle of the responsibility outlined by President
Roosevelt so long ago, would seek to walk away from what are our
plain obligations to engage the rest of the world. For, in the
course of human events, it has fallen to us, for our own benefit
and because it is right, to extend to a waiting world the ideals
to which Thomas Jefferson and his friends pl~dged their lives,
their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Thank you and God bless America.
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MEXICO SPEECH "'""""'" OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE
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You will deliver the major speech of your upcoming trip to
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean next Wednesday at the
National Auditorium in Mexico City.
The central thesis of the speech is that the powerful forces of
integration that are bringing our countries and our hemisphere
closer together than ever before are inevitable -- but our
reaction to those forces is not. ·We can throw up our hands.and
walls of protection. Or we can act together to shape change so
that it works· for all our people.
The speech will highlight the breadth and depth of our
partnership with Mexico to make change work -- including a strong
defense of NAFTA; our joint efforts to strengthen education
throughout.the region and protect the environment; the work we
are doing to make our border a source of prosperity; and our
alliance against illegal drugs.
Our advance team is working with the State Department to round up
several thousand headsets for simultaneous translation. As a
fail-safe -- and in order to avoid the need for consecutive
translation -- we also will have the speech translated into
Spanish for projection onto a screen behind you as you speak.
For that reason, we need to provide the translators with a final
draft, includinq your changes, by no later than noon on Monday.
To meet this deadline, we prop0se to send. you a draft of the
speech by the end of Friday and request that you give us your
mark-up by noon on Sunday (unless your changes are relativelx
minor, in which-case Monday morning is fine.) PJease let Sylvia
Mathews know i·f "th"is schedule does not work for you.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTO.N
ADDRESS TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
MAY7, 1997
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magnificent capital ... where the Toltec and Aztec civilizations flourished ... and where one of the
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·.I come· here today to celebrate the·extraordinary ties that qind the United States and Mexico and
. help set a course to
stre~gthen them for the age of@f'pef:~ aa.d d~leage-before us as we
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and voice in their future. Decades of coups and civil war have given way to stability _and pe~
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(heA.m~ricas have welcomes demoef8ey, ~have W"embraced free markets and.reforms
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The electricity of change is surging through our hemisphere ... and nowhere more hopefully than in
Mexico. !.congratulate the Mexi~an pe~ple for carrying forward bold political reforins that will
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we both know that it has produced more opportunity for people to make the most oftheir lives
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Four years ago, in this very place, we began grarid common effort to secure democracy's gains- and to see that they work for all our people. On behalf of my Administration, Vice President
Gore invited the nations of our hemisphere to the Summit of the Americas in Miami. ~ere, ~
s;g;ll:J~et an ambitious agenda tcr b~hemisphere into cloSer cooperation...
captit;g 1
creating free tradethroughout the Americas ... Eieepeniitg the roots ofdeurucracy.. .imptoving Mls.
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. decisive economic and political phenomena of ~ur times 'is the forces of integration. Fueled by a
techD.ological revolution, these forces are bringi~g ~s all closer together, whether we like it or not.
The stroke of a computer key sends ideas, information and money across our planet in a·microsecond. Every day as we use products dreamed up
in o~e country, financed in another,
manufactured in athird with parts made elsewhere and sold all over the world. Arid we a.Iso see.
the dangers of these forces in an instant -- when a stock market crash or environmental disaster in
a distant nation sends shock waves around the globe. .
Integration is inevitable. But our reaction to it is not. In both our countries, some peopl~ would
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and the flow of ideas and culture niake us all richer... that we must tum the forces that are binding
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Your great. leader Benito Juarez --whose statue stands not far from the White House in
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In three short years-- and despite Mexico's worst recession in this century- trade between our
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which has an economy 15 times larger -- and our exports to Mexico are 37% higher than before ·
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· . For Mexico, NAFTA's benefits are just as great. 'Two and a half years ago, a financial crisis
struck Mexico that brought real hardship as jobs vanis~ed and inflation skyrocketed. The.storm
hit only days after President Zedillo took office -- but he showed vision and courage.
By keeping
to tb,e path ofreform... and carrying out Mexico's NAFTA obligations, he cushioned the impact of
the recession.
exico has made a remarkable turnaround. Since the crisis bottomed out, you
have created one million new. jobs ... cutinflaJion by more than half;.and regained the confidence
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p1onths .. Then it took four years for your economy to ·recover the lost ground. This time, only a
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That means your economy will have recovered twice as fast from a much deeper recessio
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America put together the intem~tional stabilization package that helped
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thousands of jobs in both our countries ... artd calmed emerging markets throughout Latin America,
The numbers prove our economic partnership is working. The stories behind the numbers tell us
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that it has made life better for people on both sides of the border. [Mexican example tk.] Because
tariffs were abolished, mammographic equipment from the U~S. became more affor~able for
Mexican hospitals. So our companies-are selling more and creating more jobs-- and literally
hundreds of thousands more Mexican women now have exams that detect tumors early and save
lives. Barriers ~n water treatment and irrigation equipment have come down. Now, U.S ..
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companies are helping Mexican farmers in stat~s such. as Sonora and-Puebla increase crop yield
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NAFT A promotes growth -- and has become an invaluable tool for improving the
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and the well.:.being of workers. Its institutions are working to clean up pollution in the border
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The success of our partnership shows what is within our reach as we build the Fr
Americas. That's why I am working with Congress to gain support for fast track authority.
With fast track,. we can conclude a comprehensive ag~eement with Chile as our next step in
building theFT AA ... start work on further agreements ... and t;nultiply the benefits of trade.
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B~t as we celebrate our accomplishments, we·iaust t~rer~er that progress is Hetyet ~·eryeHe's
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fultilling lives We imleash the power oftbe human. mifiEi in evety citizeft --erea~JZiirirer.mrnft'
At the Miami Summit, Mexico took the responsibility of leading a hemispheric education
iriitiative. Working with BraziL Chile and the United States, you have set our sights on lifting
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st~dards and briliging new methods and technology to ~assroom~9ft.be BBmili~kete ~
M;~e\lideo~ (;an rekindle the passioa fer education dial swept this countty d:fl:er . ·~
. -¥""" ..... olaliOA. Yow; great poet, Alfonso Reyes [RAy -ez].
des~ribe "a
grand crUsade
for learning [that) electrified the people. Nothing equal to it has ever been seen in. the Americ s."
Let us renew this crusade ... bring its light to the summit in Santiago ... help make the global
economy work for all the people of the hemisphere.
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Eh$!§1' e ju"'- pieces~ grea~osaic of ourrelationship. We have joined forces to turn our
2000-mile border into a region·ofprosperity. Together, we are building brldges and roads to
connect ou; peoples...
stre~ining cargo transit With high:tech scannertim~roving water
supplies for the area's inhabitan9
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ll()llfly balfol>illion llisits took Pl•ce ....... ow border. Tliey were_ldmoM ~
I;Qlld..l~~~'VclJ~~,~~~~~ii3»!n::ilmlisl~~~exican-Americans have helped
build our greatest cities-- and in Congress,they ha~~ written the laws of our land. In the iifelong
struggle of Cesar Chavez, we have learned about the.rights and dignity ofworkers. Tod~y,
Ambassador Bill Richardson, whose ·mother came fr~m this city, is working to bring peace in
Central Africa-- and every day, he is America's voice at the United Natio
feed ... Hreraaug
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now more than 12 million strong, and I am proud that they have helped make the U.S is the fifth
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I am· committed to preserving the tradition of legal immigration that created this
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heart of America .... and to seizing the opportunities our shared border offers. But to do so, we
must also work to prevent illegal immigration... and break up the criminal rings·that smuggle
people across our border. As we move toward this goal, I am committed to working with our
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Congress to achi~ve a fair balance between ...
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itlnnigrants·must be fully respected. We will uphold our tradition of concern for families and
·.children. And the United States ~ill contiriueto support Mexico's efforts to create new
opportunities here -- so no one feels compelled to leave ~orne for a new start elsewhere.
This is indeed a moment; of great promise. But it is also one of peril·--· of new threats that defy.·
borders and unilateral solutions. One that challenge~ 'us both is the scourge of illegal drugs -which strikes at the very heart of our families and our institutions. Let me be clear: I do not for a .
minute believe.that this is simply a Mexican problem.· This is a problem we share-- the U.S.,
Mexico, the hemisphere and beyond. America, with 5% of the world's. population, consumes a
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third of the world's cocaine. Our demand is enormous -- and the money we spend on illegal
drugs fuels narcotraffickers who attack your police and prey on your institutions. But just as w
share the problem, we must work together, with .careful regard for each other's sovereignty and
independenc~ to find the solutions.~ttle against dlug~our people, not divide them~
The costs to both ofus of illegal drugs .are staggering. In America, everyyea'r drugs kill14,000
people and cost our country almost $70 billion for cdnie; prisons, lost work, wounded bodies,
ruined lives. Every year; our law enforcement officials arrest one million people on drug charges.
In Mexico, President Zedillo has called narcotics trafficking the nation's number one national
security tbr~a0Gd expenence i~ our hemisphere has shown how drug cartels threaten the. ·
fabric of
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·.legitimate businesses and banks, spread violence to offices and homes, streets and playgrounds.
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Together, we will fight back-- and we will prevail. In the United States, we've begun the largest
anti-drug effort in our history. More than two-thirds of its $16 billion budget will go to reducing
demand. We've cut casual drug use by 50%. But among people under 18, drug use has doubled.
Ibat's wttiJJ're reaching
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o~t to young people with an un recedented public education campaign
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to teach them that.~ drugsM-wrong. We're punishing drug p
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ers with tough sentences and
hard time. And we ~e working with our partners abroad to destroy drugs at the source.
Today, I want to express my country's appreciation to the people of Mexico for your brave
efforts to fight ill~gal drugs and the drUg lords: Mexico has become a world leader in d'rug .
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.eradication and enacted strong new measures to combat money-laundering and organized .crim~-Last week, you made the tough decision to disband a drug enforcement agency that was riddled
, with corruption. More drug labs. and landing strips have been destroyed, drug seizur~s are up·-induding ~ne of more than ten tons of cocaine just days ago. And I want to honor your nati~m' s
immense sacrifice in this battle. More than 200 Mexican police officers died last year becau
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drug violence. This terrible toll is a clarion call: to do more, to work harder and to do it together.
Yesterday President Zedillo and I took an important step forward by declaring the U.S.-Mexican
Alliance Against Drugs. It is based on common respect and common sense. ·We will strengthen
our attack on drug production, trafficking and consumption. We will crack down harder on
·moriey laundering -- and extend our fight to drug-related crimes such as arms trafficking. The ·
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future ofqur children~~~-deiermination to win.this battle. AS'1t pMtoP..ettr sacred
commitment to the/ we .must succeed.
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Our Alliance a~ainst Drugs is one way we .are buildin~ cooperation for the pomi~g century.
. there are many others in a relationship that lias become vast in its breadth.... and amb~tio~s in it
depth. Yesterday, President Zedillo and I received therejlOrt of our Binational Commission.
Froni wiping outtuberculosis in our border states ... to protecting endangered .species in the
.Pacific ... to increasing educational opportunity with Fulbright scholarships... the scope of our j o nt
· efforts has become as large as the co~tiilent we share ~~ and it will grqw and benefit us a11 .
Fifty years ago, President Harry Truman came to
Mexi~~tjj& was a turning Point in the
relationship between our peoples. He spoke of the need for our na~o work more closely-t;on~ec and piOspetity •~ and he spoke openly. of the difficulties inotir past. He said "I refuse to be
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discouraged by apparent difficulties. Difficulties are a challenge to men of .determination."
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To deepen our democracies
and strength~ri freedom. ·To build prosperity that lifts up. all of our people. To improve the
health and education for our ~itizen~ arid give them the quality of life they deserVe. To. protect the ·
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environment of our magnificent, shared continent. To do this, we must a:H-be men and women of
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responsibilities to ourselves. our neighbors and our ~hildren _.:.and we will realize the promise of
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<p>Antony Blinken served in the Clinton Administration as the chief foreign policy speechwriter in the National Security Council Speechwriting Directorate from 1994 thru 1998.</p>
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