Strengthening NAFTA ties and the push towards a common security front http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5976.shtml

In a recent article Manuel Pérez-Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies stated, “While Obama has written off the infamous, Bush-led Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, its main elements persist in today's bilateral relations. Some of the terminology has changed: the ‘smart border,’ for example, is now the ‘21st-century border.’ However, U.S. priorities continue to be deregulating trade, enforcing intellectual property rights, and guaranteeing ‘energy security in North America’ to meet the energy needs of the United States.” Manuel went on to say,

“The United States has channeled more than $1.3 billion into security operations in Mexico. Although violence in Mexico continues to soar, claiming more than 23,000 lives since Calderón took office, the Obama administration continues to back Calderón's failed military strategy to curb drug trafficking.”

comment-also see...Is the Flow of U.S. Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels Increasing Under Obama? http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/05/17/is-the-flow-of-u-s-weapons-to-mexican-drug-cartels-increasing-under-obama.aspx Obama's Role in the Militarization of Mexico http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6635 The U.S., Mexico, and the Drug War Scam http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/john-ross-us-mexico-and-drug-war-scam.html The never-ending drug war http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/43656