Mexico "Under Siege" Drug Cartels or U. S. Imperialism?

The dominant discourse in the United States regarding Mexico has long painted it as an unruly place and its citizens as inferior. Most recently this discourse has centered on the drug trade and the violence associated with it. No one would disagree that Mexico has problems of drug-related violence and crime, but the U.S. discourse distorts and misrepresents the country. Its purpose is to provide justification for economic paternalism and a relationship that can only be called imperialism as the United States has sought increased capital penetration in that country. Hace mucho que el discurso dominante en los Estados Unidos con respecto a Mexico pinta al pais como lugar ingobernable y sus ciudadanos como inferiores. Mas recientemente este discurso se centra en el narcotrafico y su violencia. Nadie niega que Mexico tiene problemas de narcoviolencia y crimen, pero el discurso estadounidense distorsiona y falsifica al pais. Su proposito queda en darle justificacion al paternalismo economico y a una relacion que solo puede llamarse imperialismo en cuanto los Estados Unidos ha buscado mayor penetracion de capital en ese pais.