Is Mexico Really “North American”? By Allan Wall

Is Mexico a part of North America—or is it part of Latin America?

It’s an important question. The SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership) is drawing the U.S., Canada and Mexico into ever-closer union. It could well culminate in some sort of North American Community/Union along the lines of the European Union across the pond.

So which is it?

Geographically, of course, Mexico is part of the continent we call North America. But culturally, Mexico is part of Latin America.

The U.S.-Mexican border, what’s left of it, anyway, is not only an international border between two nations. It’s a socioeconomic border between the First World and the Third World. And it’s a cultural border between  Anglo-America and Latin America, two cultures that still, despite globalization, have profound differences.

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