Mexico: Veracruz Mayor Awarded a Letter of Appreciation
for Contribution for Peace
The mayor of a Mexican port city awarded
a letter of appreciation. The winner is Man hee Lee, the
representative of a peace organization, named Heavenly
Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL). In
the interview with reporters, he expressed that all the leaders in the world and
their people must put their hearts together and carry out their work with the
humble and honest hearts.
Also, he emphasized “The real peace is that,
it goes without saying that wars must be ceased, and the world becomes
harmonious and peaceful so that it becomes the world with justice and without corruption.
So, to achieve the world peace, we must keep delivering the message of peace
continuously. The people must be filled with peace and blessings in their
hearts and there must not be any pains, sorrows, and sufferings anymore.
On
that day, the reporters admired and expected that Korea will, too, be extremely
excited with his steps for the world peace.
Mexican citizens are suffering from the war
with crime. One of the reasons that the crime rate in Mexico is high is because
of the drug. In fact, the drug cartel engages in internationally, deeply in the
Central and South America. And it is the fact that Mexico is in their sphere of
influence. Mostly, the people who are related with the drug crimes in Mexico are
poor or the native Mexicans.
There
is a reason that the drug culture became pervasive in the poor strata like the
natives and farmers. It is North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), like
Korea made FTA with USA. With the trade agreement between USA and Mexico, Mexico
had to hand over most of their national government enterprises to the invested
capital. As a result, the labor market became flexible. People lost their jobs
and became the unemployed due to high labor intensity and too long working
hours. They became to get stressed socially and economically due to rising
prices from privatization of electricity and water and hospitals. Furthermore, most
of Mexican public officials are seriously corrupted and they were bribed from
drug criminal organizations so the war with crime is not actually working.
Also, corruption takes root among politicians so they’re just interested in accumulating
their fortunes and are not interested in safety of citizens.
To summarize
this, Mexican people need drugs because they can’t find hope in their lives. They
are suffering from high unemployment rates and unstable law and order. In this
society, the representative Lee’s speech would raise the Mexican government,
religious leaders and media’s awareness.
It
is not only just a Mexican problem, but also the international one. If the government
and leaders in each country love their nation and people, they should do their best to play their
roles and try to guarantee people’s livings and safety regardless of any economic,
political and social position. That way, we can come close to peace.
