I just read these statistics from a survey done by Reforma, a local newspaper here in Mexico City, about what Mexicans think of President Barack Obama.
Two out of three Mexicans have a favorable opinion of the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
When asked, “What is your opinion of the President of the United States?”, 65% responded “very good” or “good”.
Thirteen percent said “okay.” Seven percent said “bad” or “really bad”, and 15% responded, “I don’t know.”
In the same study, 66% of the people interviewed consider that the relationship between Mexico and the United States is “very good/good”. Fifteen percent said “normal”, a 14% said “bad/very bad”. Five percent did not respond to the question.
(The survey was conducted March 28th by telephone to 850 respondents from all over Mexico and has a margin of error of +/- 3%)
Source (in Spanish)
Image by: Steve Rhodes on flickr
Yesterday was a big day. We were going to watch the inauguration on the news channels we get here, but our electricity went out.
So we quickly jumped in the car and went to Starbucks to watch the live stream. The internet was choppy there, but we managed to listen to Obama’s speech.
When we got home, the electricity was back on so we could watch the rest of the coverage. I noticed some really great things about the inauguration of President Obama.
Here are some things I found interesting:
What were your favorite or most interesting things about yesterday? Leave a comment. I’d love to have a collection of great things about this memorable day.
I recently quoted President Felipe Calderon as saying, “Hope must be offered to young people who don’t believe in anything.”
The President has a point. But it’s not that young people don’t believe in anything. Many of them don’t believe in the things we wished they would believe in (especially institutions such as the government or the church).
In the following video, we interviewed some young people about what they believe about God and the church. I think you’ll find their responses interesting.
Young people, when they do believe in something, believe in it with all their hearts. We all remember the picture of the Chinese young person opposing the government and putting himself in the way of a row of tanks.
There are young (and old) people in Mexico who believe in the Virgin of Guadalupe enough to crawl on their knees towards her image so that their sins can be forgiven. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. They have a conviction that goes beyond what the church usually thinks they have.
Sure, apathy rules the day, but young people are capable of being passionate. I think it was one of the most interesting things about the recent election in the United States.
Young people drove the campaign of Barack Obama. They were his supporters from the beginning. They latched on to the tools he was using to drive his campaign. He was definitely targeting them, and their enthusiasm and passion helped him arrive at the White House. He is a young person’s President.
Young people can be passionate. It’s our job to help them become passionate about the correct things. We need to present them with a Jesus that is worth being passionate about. After all, he’s much more relevant than any political party or presidential candidate. He’s the real change we need.
So, this post begs the question…”How do you instill passion into your young people?”
(Thumbnail photo: BarackObama on flickr)
