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MEXICO RESPONDS TO U.S. HURRICANE KATRINA.

SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico, September, 2005

In one of the first tests of Mexico's new policies on international engagement by its armed forces, President Vicente Fox's administration has dispatched an Army convoy and a Navy ship to the US Gulf Coast to assist with relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the coasts of southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi in early September.

The Fox government justified its decision to use members of the Mexican armed forces for the relief operations because the Senate voted earlier this year to amend Article 76 of the Mexican Constitution allowing the president to commit troops to international combat and noncombat missions (see SourceMex, 2005-03-02).

Senators from the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and Partido...

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