As a transition from previous posts about Mexico that were just about immigration, I thought it might be worthwhile to take a look at chilango (and elsewhere in the country) developments of the past week. A quick look then, at the week in cross-border issues, political realignment, and doughnuts, all from a perspective north of the Rio Bravo del Norte.

Immigrants Old and New: The Mexican response to Bush's immigration proposal has been muted, if positive. The most common complaint (and one reflected by Democrats in the US) is that the proposal does not go far enough in addressing the underlying casues of illegal immigration, and is a one-off benefit for those already in the US. There are also concerns that citizenship opportunities for undocumented Mexican immigrants in the US are not addressed. However, this is tempered by the realization that, after 28 months of silence on the issue of immigration reform, this is better than nothing from the White House.

Additionally, with the spotlight back on the bracero program of the 1960s, several former braceros back in Mexico have been protesting that the never received the funds promised them from the Fondo Campesino, an indigenous support fund, for work done in the US.

Election Strategies: This week also saw the announcement of the electoral strategies of the major political parties in the coming year. This year's elections are at the state level in states such as Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, and others.

Following on it's losses in last year's Congressional elections, the ruling right-ish party PAN has moved to ally itself with the left-wing PRD (the third largest party in the country) in the upcoming gubernatorial elections several of these states (with the possibility of further state-level alliances, according to the PRD leader). This marriage of convenience pits both against who they see as the real enemy: the dictadorzuelos and state-level caudillos who are members of the PRI, the old ruling party.

The PAN-PRD alliance is something worth discussing, and, if I have time over the weekend, I'll see if I can't get my movable thoughts down on movable type...

Hmmm... doughnut: Finally, Krispy Kreme doughnuts opened it's first store in the non-English-speaking world this week, with a new store in Interlomas, a posh neighborhood outside Mexico City. According to their press release, the company looks to open 20 stores in Mexico over the next six years.

If you can get a Krispy Kreme doughnut in Mexico City, there's no reason why they can't return the favor and give us a good taco al pastor joint in Washington, DC.

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