Arturo Sarukhán on the Evolving U.S.-Mexico Relationship
As Mexico’s mid-term elections approach, and as the U.S. and Mexico seem poised to make breakthroughs on drug trafficking and immigration, Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhán recalled a long-ago meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to Mexico. He met the Israeli diplomat years ago, Sarukhán told the packed audience at Disney Hall’s BP Hall, and told him long-ago Mexican President Porfirio Díaz’s saying about Mexico: “So far from God, so close to the U.S.” The Israeli Ambassador, Sarukhán told the audience to a big laugh, thought it should be …
