Mexo-Amero Cold War

The Mexo-Amero Cold War was a period of history beginning in the early 2070's after the Second Mexican War and ending on November 14, 2107, with the surrender of Mexico after the Third Mexican War. The Cold War itself was marked by various proxy wars as Mexico continued to militarize and the United States prepared for another war.

Despite the extensive damage done to Mexico during the Second War, almost immediately afterwards Mexico began planning its revenge. In 2072, Miguel Garcia was elected President. Garcia presented himself as a pacifist seeking to rebuild Mexico, but secretly spent much of his presidency writing the *Manifesto de venganza*, or "Revenge Manifesto", outlying how future Mexican Presidents should engage the United States. After Garcia left office in 2078, Alfonso Lopez De Perez was elected. Perez was much like Garcia, and started the tradition of editing the manifesto to stay up-to date. He also began slowly expanding Mexico's sphere of influence to Guatamala, Belize, El Salvador, and even started trying to influence Mexico's mother country, Spain.

## Drug Cartels and Walls

During the Drug Cartel War in 2074, many Americans accused Mexico of supporting the cartels, a claim that was backed by the fact that Mexico had enlisted the help of drug cartels during the Second War, however, President Garcia denied all claims. President Oscar Lachman was skeptical, but chose not to engage with Mexico. after Lachman left office in 2077, Federalist Phillip Hanford was elected. Hanford himself was mostly indifferent to Mexico until the Wall Crisis in 2078. During the Crisis, 17 Mexicans attacked part of new border wall in Sonora. President Hanford had the Mexicans arrested, and was furious. Many said that Mexico sent the attackers, but what exactly the Mexicans hoped to accomplish was dubious. President Perez denied all claims that the Mexican Government ordered the attack.

Hanford's handling of the economy and the emerging Franco-Spanish Crisis ultimately led to his defeat in the 2080 Election, with war hero and Ronald Reagan descendant Christopher Reagan being elected. Reagan, a Republican and ideological Trumpian Conservative would not stand for Mexico attempting to interfere with the US, and he made it clear.

## Influence over Spain and Proxy Wars

By 2082, Mexico had extended its mother country of Spain, and began sending supplies (to the anger of many a starving Mexican) to Spain once the Franco-Spanish War began. President Reagan, along with Germany and Britain, backed France in the conflict. The war would lead to a stalemate, but Mexico's influence over Spain and Central America was worrying. To protect American interests, President Reagan met with Panama President David Diego, who assured the President that Panama was loyal to the US and would not let Mexico take hold of them.

In order to assure loyalty, Perez began programs to get supplies into Mexico to help the population (though his claims of love for his people were merely facades to further get the people of Mexico on his side). In 2084, President Reagan was re-elected in a landslide, and in Mexico, Nicolas Gonzalez was elected. Gonzalez, while also editing the Revenge Manifesto, was less eager to eventually go to war with the US. He believed it would result in Mexico's utter destruction (something he was right about) and urged caution. However, he still hated the US, and wished to distance himself and Mexico from them, even going so far as to refer to them only as the "neighbor to our north" in speeches. His indifference would be shattered with the outbreak of the Second Vietnam War in 2085. The peacefully-established Free Republic of Vietnam was now fighting a civil war against the New Vietcong, a large communist militia. After the US intervened on Vietnam's side, Gonzalez decided to intervene on the NVC's side.

This would further prove to the US that Mexico was determined to undermine their position as world leader. The war ended in 2088 with the defeat of the NVC. In the 2088 Election, Republican Senator Tom Steele was elected. President Steele was well aware of the growing Mexican threat, and heavily militarized the border. In 2090, Juan Hernandez was elected. Hernandez hoped to keep Mexico out of proxy wars and even to try to heal US-Mexican relations. However. Hernandez died in office in 2092, interestingly on the eve of the 2092 election as President Steele was re-elected.

In 2093, the Second Sahara War began. The new Mexican President, Juan Rodriguez, began lending support to the Sahara Liberation Front as the US supported the Sahara Republic. President Steele was angered by this, but was soon distracted by the Belt Wars to do anything. The Russo-Polish War was similar, as the US supported its ally Poland and Mexico supported Russia. However, as news of Russian atrocities committed against Polish civilians surfaced, Mexico pulled back its support as the US began directly intervening in the war. In 2096, Federalist Jennifer Kimball was elected. Kimball tried to push for the US to pacify itself. By 2098, her popularity was lower than even the long-dead Harry Truman's. Also that year, Jose Coronado was elected President. This election would ultimately seal Mexico's fate. In the 2100 election, Republican Lionel Halvidar was elected.