Obama will visit Mexico in April

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, realizará una visita oficial a México el 16 y 17 de abril, la primera en América Latina, para analizar, entre otros temas, la cooperación en la lucha contra la violencia de los cárteles narcotraficantes, focalizada sobre todo en la frontera común.

Obama told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that the Mexico trip would include meetings with President Felipe Calderon "to discuss the deep and comprehensive US-Mexico relationship, including how the United States and Mexico can work together to support Mexico's fight against drug-related violence and work toward effective, comprehensive immigration reform.

The trip will "strengthen bilateral relations," Mexican presidential spokesman Maximiliano Cortázar said.

The two presidents will discuss trade, economic competitiveness and security. This will be Mr. Obama's second meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in 2009, but the first visit since Mr. Obama's inauguration. They met in January in Washington before the inauguration.

Mr. Obama has had disagreements with Mexico in the past few months. During the campaign, he suggested he wanted to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to strengthen labor and environmental controls, something that Calderon is against. Recently, Mexico and the U.S. got in a row over a ban on Mexican trucks delivering goods to the U.S., Fox News reported.