These first weeks since Obama became President-elect have served significantly to show that there is no lack of interest in nor disdain towards Mexico.
One side talks about the socialists, the other about the rubes. In both cases, it is often an instance of the same fractious contempt and deep-seated enmity.
This time, the governor and the municipalities took some initiative. But at moments like these, the difference between wealth and poverty appears at its most raw.
Judging from recent statements by Obama regarding the “equivalence” of the threats posed by the Ebola fever and Russia in the international arena, Biden’s visit will not be conciliatory.