Ex-Mex prez bashes Bush in book

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox’s upcoming autobiography attacks the attitude and policies of U.S. President George W. Bush. According to several reports Fox’s book pulls no punches on someone who had been portrayed as friends while both where in office:

· On Bush’s attitude – He’s stubborn and "the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life."
· On U.S. foreign policy – Can the U.S. can afford "invading every nation with which it does not agree?"
· On Bush’s stab at multilingualism – His Spanish is at "grade-school level".
· On U.S. immigration policy (via an interview with the Chicago Tribune) – “Walls don't work. Walls didn't work in China. Walls didn't work in Berlin. President Reagan went (to Berlin) and said ‘Tear down this wall.’ And now the United States is building a wall.”

Aside from harshly criticizing Bush, Fox’s book also condemned Hugo Chavez by calling him “a dictator” who has “increased poverty” in the name of “21^st-century socialism.”

In a speech earlier this month, Fox called for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and emphasized the need for immigration reform.

Sources (English)- CBS News, Chicago Tribune, AHN, The Latin Americanist, San Jose Mercury News

Sources (Spanish)- El Universal

Image- BBC News (George W. Bush and Vicente Fox during supposedly friendlier times in 2001)