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Article: Fox plans new agency to advocate interests of Mexicans abroad.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- August 1, 2002
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WASHINGTON _ President Vicente Fox is summoning hundreds of leading Mexican-Americans to Mexico City on Tuesday to unveil a new agency to represent the interests of Mexican immigrants in the United States, according to officials familiar with the initiative.
The agency would replace the presidential Office for Mexicans Abroad, which was set up to represent the interests of Mexican immigrants in the United States. It opened with fanfare shortly after. Fox was elected two years ago.
. Fox is expected to announce that the new agency, to be called the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, will be part of the Foreign Ministry and its 47 Mexican ...