Tangled United States-Mexico Ties on Display Amid Spying Outrage Richard Fausset - The Los Angeles Times
go to original October 25, 2013

Mexico Orders Probe After New U.S. NSA Spying Claims on Former President (LambyLumby2)

MEXICO CITY — It was a minor gaffe, but a telling slip that spoke volumes about the tangled love-hate relationship between Mexico and its northern neighbor.

The respected newspaper Reforma, in an article Wednesday about new allegations of U.S. spying on Mexico, accidentally referred to Earl Anthony Wayne, the American ambassador to Mexico, as John Wayne.

Though individual Mexicans' opinions about the United States are complicated, many cling to the opinion that the U.S. is a brash cowboy of a country.

It is a view, at least as old as the 1846 U.S. invasion of Mexico, that has gained new traction this week after the German magazine Der Spiegel published an article alleging that the U.S. National Security Agency had hacked the email account of former President Felipe Calderon, one of the most pro-U.S. presidents in recent Mexican history.

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