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We have gone to the President of Mexico and requested an interview so that President  Clinton is told he must respect the rights of all the Mexicans in the U-S.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Irina Canales\u003cbr/\u003eBut for Mexicans, May 5 is traditionally more a celebration of its fight for independence  than about visiting statesmen.\u003cbr/\u003eThe date is a national holiday and marks a key victory for Mexico in battle against the  French at Puebla, 165 years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eColourful, mock-ups of that auspicious occasion were staged in the streets of the  capital.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Spanish)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't have an opinion about the arrival of Clinton. I don't think his visit makes much  difference.\" (not literal translation)\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop\u003cbr/\u003eThere were further protests outside the Palace of Fine Arts where Clinton is due to meet  his Mexican counterpart Ernesto Zedillo on Tuesday.\u003cbr/\u003eDebtors to Mexican banks have demanded from the government what they consider  fairer repayment terms on a loan. \u003cbr/\u003eThey claim Zedillo's administration promised but has failed to re-negotiate the  conditions.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Spanish)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are going on hunger strike here until President Zedillo honours his word in a  dialogue set down 270 days ago. It seems a very important decision to us, since it is  obvious that there is an event tomorrow here in which Zedillo and Clinton will meet. We  have decided to go ahead with our fast, in a pacific and legal way, as a civil protest.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Geraldo Fernando Norona, debtors action group representative\u003cbr/\u003eMany of those now struggling to maintain payments are rural workers. \u003cbr/\u003eTheir spokesman Jose Maria Imaz was also present at Monday's protest and saw  Clinton's visit as badly timed. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"So it is very significant for us, we don't know if it is the insensibility of the U-S that they  really chose this day, knowing the significance of it for the people of Mexico.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jose Maria Imaz, Rural Debtors' Representative\u003cbr/\u003eElsewhere in the capital, U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was paving the way  for President Bill Clinton's arrival when she attended the 14th Binational Commission in  Mexico City. \u003cbr/\u003eMs. Albright flew in from Guatemala to open the commission alongside Mexican  Foreign Minister Jose Angel Gurria.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"And the fact that the foreign minister has convened this meeting on Mexico's national  day is also a tribute to the importance of this consultation and the closeness of our  relations.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\u003cbr/\u003eOthers U-S officials attending included Commerce Secretary William Daley, Treasury  Secretary Robert Rubin and Attorney General Janet Reno, as well as retired army  General Barry McCaffrey, the U-S drug czar. \u003cbr/\u003eThe commission debated issues which often plague relations between the two countries  - immigration, drug trafficking and human rights.\u003cbr/\u003eMexicans are still stinging from a public chastisement in the U-S Congress earlier this  year over its troubled efforts in the drug war.\u003cbr/\u003eThere is also bad feeling in Mexico over toughened U-S immigration laws which make it  easier to deport illegal immigrants. \u003cbr/\u003ePresident Clinton is expected to continue Monday's talks when he meets with Zedillo  on Tuesday. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Clintons are then scheduled to fly to Costa Rica on Wednesday where they will  meet with regional presidents.\u003cbr/\u003eThey will later meet with other leaders for a Caribbean summit in Barbados.\u003cbr/\u003eMexico City, Mexico, 5 May 1997\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid Shots of security forces prior to arrival of President Clinton\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan of armed guards on transport jeep\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid Shot of troops in the back of army trucks\u003cbr/\u003e4. Protesters being told to take down banners outside the US embassy \u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid Shot of the US embassy \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid Shot of riot police\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Irina Canales, wife of convicted death row prisoner Tristan           Canales\u003cbr/\u003e8. Irena standing with poster\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pan of the poster being put in the back of a police car\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of a mock up of the battle at Puebla against the French 136 years ago\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop \u003cbr/\u003e12. Man tying a US flags to a pole outside the Bellas Artes\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of protesters holding banners outside the building\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Geraldo Fernando Norona, debtors' action group                        representative\u003cbr/\u003e15. Pan of banners being taken down\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Maria Imaz, debtors' action group representative\u003cbr/\u003e17. Madeleine Albright at the 14th Binational Commission shaking hands with Mexican         official\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide Shot of Albright at podium\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide Shot of commission in discussions\u003cbr/\u003e21. 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