Protests against US Border Wall Continue in Mexico
Mexican residents abroad threatened with organizing rallies in the United States to protest the construction of a border wall between both nations, it was reported here.

Members of Somos America, Red Nacional de Jornaleros and other organizations announced they will also demand the US president George W. Bush to respect Mexico, nation with which it has important commercial treaties.

The building of the fence is an insult, a slap on migrant people who historically have contributed to the social, economic and cultural development of the US, said Salvador Reza, leader of the Tonatierra organization.

That will be an enemy wall because that´s the way northerners treat us, he affirmed.

Meanwhile, president elect Felipe Calderon is preparing a tour that will take him to the US on November 9, expected to be a very complex one.

He said, however, his presence in North America is important to begin to restore the ways to understanding and collaboration.

Calderon commented during his stay in Ottawa, Canada, that the wall has added to frictions between both governments and considered it totally unnecessary, untimely and harmful.

Nevertheless, he insisted that the toughening of migration policy by the United States is due more to local political circumstances of the US society before the November elections than a problem in bilateral relations.