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| Bush seeks to bolster Mexico ties |
| US President George W Bush has arrived in Mexico on the final leg of his seven-day tour of Latin America
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 13-March-2007
10:24:42 AM |
| Mr Bush is expected to discuss sensitive issues such as immigration, border control and drug trafficking with Mexico's leader Felipe Calderon.
There have been demonstrations at each stage of the President Bush's visit and attacks on him by Venezuela's leader.
Hugo Chavez has used a parallel tour to speak out against what he calls the interference of the "American empire".
The Venezuelan president flew to the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday, where he was greeted by tens of thousands of people.
His arrival followed a brief visit to Jamaica.
Mr Chavez began his tour in Argentina last week, where he was the main speaker at a huge anti-Bush rally, and has also visited Bolivia and Nicaragua.
'Waning influence'
President Bush arrived late on Monday in the colonial city of Merida in the state of Yucatan, where he will hold talks with one of his closest regional allies, President Felipe Calderon.
Drug trafficking is expected to be high on the agenda. Tackling the country's drug cartels has been Mr Calderon's priority since he won a close election last year.
Through federal troop deployments, the Mexican government has tried to clamp down in regions where the drug gangs rule with near impunity.
However, correspondents say there will be difficult topics between the two men.
The US is planning to construct hundreds of kilometres of fencing along the border to try to prevent the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico - something Mr Calderon has strongly criticised.
The BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Merida says it is unlikely they will find common ground to resolve the issue, other than a renewed commitment by Mr Bush to seek support for his guest worker programme.
The issues of immigration and drug trafficking also dominated talks in Guatemala earlier on Monday between President Bush and his counterpart Oscar Berger.
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