As Vice President Kamala Karris visits America's southern neighbor, questions linger about her agenda and how she'll navigate a tricky relationship with Mexico's controversial President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, writes JorgeGCastaneda for CNNOpinion
Jorge G. Castañeda served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Mexico and was an adviser to two candidates for the presidency of Mexico, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and Vicente Fox. He is a professor at New York University, and his latest book,"America Through Foreign Eyes," was recently published by Oxford University Press. He is a CNNE contributor. View more opinion at CNN.
There are several questions around Vice President Kamala Harris's upcoming trip to Mexico and Guatemala on June 7 and 8.
First, there is the question of timing, as Harris seems to have chosen an odd moment to visit America's southern neighbor. On Sunday, June 6, Mexico will hold its largest and most polarized elections in years. The entire House of Representatives and nearly half of the country's governorships are at stake, including those in four border states.
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