Anti-Corruption Activists Welcome Sharp Criticism by Former US Envoy to Mexico Mark Browne - CNSNews.com
go to original May 30, 2016

Former US Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza (Empresariosaem.com)

Wading into a pitched debate over stalled anti-corruption legislation in Mexico, a former American ambassador says the country must clean house if it is to have any hope of changing a “pervasive” image in the U.S. of being “corrupt, violent and overridden by cartels.”

Anti-corruption activists in Mexico City immediately applauded the statements by Ambassador Antonio Garza, which appeared in an op-ed in the American-Statesman last week.

Garza singled out President Enrique Peña Nieto, whose administration recently launched a public relations campaign aimed at improving Mexico’s image in the U.S.

The government’s PR effort is in part a response to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pledge to build a wall along the border and deport millions of undocumented Mexican immigrants if elected president.

“The problem isn’t just one of public relations,” Garza wrote. “If Mexico really wants to change its image, it needs to start at home.”

Garza served as President George W. Bush’s ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009. He now works as an attorney in Mexico City.

Read the rest at CNSNews.com

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!