Mexamericanada

United States of Mexamericanada, or just "Mexamericanada", a satirical reference in 21st century politics and is a conspiracy theory in which Canada, Mexico and the United States are replaced by a North American Union, The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the North American Competitiveness Council and the adoption of a common currency, possibly called the Amero, to establish a currency union of the US dollar, Canadian dollar, and the peso, or the dollarization of Canada and Mexico. cite web
url=http://repositories.cdlib.org/gis/29
title=North American Monetary Union: A United States Perspective
author=Benjamin J. Cohen
date=2004
publisher=Global & International Studies Program
volume=Paper 29
accessdate=2007-09-05] . Allegedly, it is being instigated and enabled by business elites in government and the corporate world without being ratified by the elected legislatures in those three countries, citizens have no say in its design. There is no national election or referendum allegedly with Vicente Fox, George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper organizing the whole thing.

Officials from all three nations have said there are no government plans to create such a union,cite news
last = Dine
first = Philip
title = Urban legend of "North American Union" feeds on fears
publisher = The Seattle Times
date = 2007-05-19
url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003713518_rumor19.html
accessdate = 2007-07-16 ] although the idea has been discussed and proposed in academic and scholarly circles, either as a union or as a North American Community (see Independent Task Force on North America).

Etymology

It is unsure where the term first originated though conservative commentator Glenn Beck has been known to use it.Cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/10/gb.01.html|title=Does Justice System Deal with Child Molesters Properly?; How Can We Fix the Immigration Problems with Mexico?; New Jersey Town Objects to Spanish Billboard|work=CNN|date=2006-07-10|accessdate=2008-07-24|first=Glenn|last=Beck]

Conspiracy basis

President Vicente Fox of Mexico discussed an agreement with the United States during President George W. Bush's first term which was referred to as "NAFTA-Plus" and according to Fox included a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) energy policy, a security NAFTA policy, an advance in financial institutions interchanged, [cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108050,00.html|title=Transcript: Vicente Fox on Fox News Sunday|publisher=Fox News|date=2004-01-12|accessdate=2008-02-26] and according to other reports a common market, development fund, migration agreement and new institutions.cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=9959|title= Toward A North American Community?|publisher=Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|date=2002-06-11|accessdate=2008-02-26] Fox said such an agreement would take the U.S. and Mexico to a "further integration" and eventually seeking a "convergence" of their economies allowing them to "erase that border".cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_vicentefox.html|title=Commanding Heights: Vicente Fox|publisher=PBS|date=2001-04-04|accessdate=2008-02-26] Proposals of a NAFTA plus agreement spurred debate on movement towards a North American Community in academic circles.

References

ee also

* "United States of North America", a name suggested by [http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/index.htm United North America] for the proposed union of the USA and Canada under the current US Constitution.
* United States of South America, a dream of a strong federation in South America by Simón Bolívar
* The United States of the West created by the admission of European countries as states into the United States of America as satirically advocated by Regis Debray in his paper "Empire 2.0" Also may include all the English speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere.
*United American Republic a concept espoused by a group by the same name urging the merger of Canada and the United States of America and, possibly later, all the English speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere.
*Panamericanism
*Continental union
*The Council of Canadians
*Continentalism
*Council on Foreign Relations
*Canadian Council of Chief Executives
*Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
*John Manley

External links

* [http://www.cfr.org/publication/8102/ Council For Foreign relations report on "Building a North American Community" ] [http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf]
* [http://blog.reidreport.com/2006/06/making-mexamericanada.html Reid Report]
* [http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/voices/200608/0809edit0.htm PBS.org article]
* [http://www.nascocorridor.com/ NACSO official site] - Tri-National Advocacy for Efficient, Secure and Environmentally Concious Trade and Transportation doing business as the NASCO
* [http://uncooperativeblogger.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/mexamericanada-are-we-just-a-sapp/ Uncooperative blogger]
* [http://wikiality.com/Mexamericanada wikiality article]
* [http://drivethrupolitics.blogspot.com/2006/07/more-info-on-mexamericanada.html Drive thru politics article]
* [http://www.nowpublic.com/no-mexamericanada-vancouver-protests-spp ]
* [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.p...w&pageId=57228 North American army created??]
* [http://www.politicsrespun.org/2008/02/merging-canada.html Merger of US and Canadian militaries]