Obama Tells Students It's Time to Banish Stereotypical Images of Mexico Randal C. Archibold and Michael D. Shear - The New York Times
go to original May 3, 2013

President Barack Obama says he wants to set aside old stereotypes that have created misunderstanding between Mexico and the United States. (AssociatedPress)

MEXICO CITY — President Obama, in speech to high school and university students here, said Friday that it was time to banish the stereotypical Mexico of violence and people fleeing across borders and embrace the new image of a strengthening democracy and economy.

"I have come to Mexico because it is time to put old mind-sets aside," Mr. Obama said to vigorous applause from hundreds of students at the National Anthropology Museum. "It’s time to recognize new realities, including the impressive progress in today’s Mexico. For even as Mexicans continue to make courageous sacrifices for the security of your country, even as Mexicans in the countryside and in neighborhoods not far from here struggle to give their children a better life, it’s also clear that a new Mexico is emerging."

Although poverty remains deep and wages have stagnated, Mr. Obama focused on the positive signs of the economy, including growth measurements that exceed those in the United States, a surge in the manufacturing and technology industries and rising levels of middle class Mexicans.

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