Would their foreign policies differ substantially, particularly in relations with the United States?
No. This is another way it’s not necessarily fair to characterize the candidates as left and right. The quote “right-wing” candidate is a Mexican nationalist who favors expanding ties with the rest of Latin America and continuing to negotiate free trade agreements with countries other than the United States, and who is likely to normalize relationships with Cuba. The supposedly left-wing candidate doesn’t use anti-American discourse, unlike virtually every other Mexican leftist, and has almost no interest in foreign affairs. Q: How do their positions on illegal immigration to the United States differ? A: The debate in Mexico –��among politicians, among the media –��is so one-sided on this issue that it would be impossible for a candidate to suggest Mexico (has) partial responsibility for the immigration problem. The debate is framed exclusively in Mexico in terms of the rights of migrants and their treatment at the hands of American authorities. Only peripherally and occasion
