News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Group seeks stronger U.S.-Mexico ties

The Associated Press

Published: 01.12.2008

When Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast region in the summer of 2005, the Mexican Army brought humanitarian supplies to some of the victims.

It was a first. Mexico had never before sent a disaster-relief aid mission to the United States, according to a report from the Department of State's information service. U.S. officials responded with gratitude.

A local group is hoping to use that example of assistance and other stories to encourage improved relations between Mexico and the United States.

Peter von Gundlach founded AMISTAD in 1988 in Tucson with a mission of promoting economic and cultural exchanges, and helping dispel biases and stereotypes on both sides of the border. AMISTAD stands for American Mexican Initiative Supporting Trade and Development.

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