In a series of interviews to promote his new book, Revolution of Hope, former Mexican leader Vicente Fox has trumpeted rampant globalization and has declared anyone who opposes such “harmonization” and diminishment of sovereignty “racist” and “xenophobic”.
Over the course of a week Fox has called for a North American Union, a single North American currency and a complete overhaul of the U.S. immigration policy to allow more Mexicans to legally enter the country.
To the wild cheers of the Daily Show audience Fox called for U.S. immigration reform stating “It’s my impression that fear is guiding public opinion here and xenophobia. They are thinning the space because Congress has not decided yet, it is a hundred year old issue, immigration, and I think they can come up with a very wise solution to immigration because it’s a win-win situation, everybody will be better off.”
When asked if he supported globalization through NAFTA, Fox responded:
“Yes, absolutely, NAFTA has been good, as a matter of fact we should have a new vision, go further, integrating and working together to build a better future for both.
“That happened with Spain and with the European Union with them joining the union and having access to those huge cohesive bonds, they were able to overcome poverty and today Spain, or Ireland or Greece or Portugal are all very successful nations, what you need is a little bit of solidarity.”
Stewart then went on to ask “Would you like to see a North American Union with the U.S. Mexico, and Canada, you want Canada in there?”
To which Fox responded “Yes long term, yes.”
Fox also criticized the Venezuelan and Bolivian leaders who have vowed to resist any form of globalizing union of the Americas, calling them “terrible people” to the rapturous applause of the audience.
However, John Stewart and his audience had previously cheered and fawned over Bolivian leader Evo Morales, when he appeared on the Daily Show, telling him that U.S. politics is “rigged” and applauding his achievements in redistributing wealth in Bolivia.
Though the respective leaders of Bolivia and Venezuela are far from perfect, it is clear that their popularity amongst their own people has come due to the fact that they have managed to offset centuries of repression, occupation and dictatorship supported by their country’s wealthy elite and right-wing oligarchies with the backing of the U.S. and other western governments.
Chavez and Morales are fiercely patriotic leaders whose protection of their own country’s sovereignty is a constant thorn in the side of the globalizing and nation plundering elite, who refer to them as dictators when they are anything but.
Vicente Fox also made an astounding admission last night on CNN’s Larry King Live when he acknowledged the plan for a North American single currency, a “euro-dollar” as King labeled it.




