Well folks, the president's in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the "Three Amigos" conference, known more officially as a summit for the leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States. The Amigos are Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama.
A roundup of what's happening:
Obama said immigration reform will begin later this year.
"We have a broken immigration system," Obama said, according to USA Today. "Nobody denies it."
THe H1N1 swine flu also made an appearance as a continuing threat.
Also, Reuters reports that Obama phrased the situation in Honduras, when president Manuel Zelaya was ousted, as a coup.
He also addressed the drug problem in Mexico, calling the cartels big violators of human rights. Calderon defended the country's history of human rights.
“We have an absolute, complete commitment to human rights,” he said. “Our fight against the cartels is about the human rights of the Mexican people.”
In related news, a lawyer who represented various members of the drug cartels was shot and killed Sunday in the Mexican city of Monterrey.
Links: Reuters, Washington Post
Photo: Agence France-Presses via NYT
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