NEW : President Obama meets with Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla , regional leaders . `` I see a Mexico that is taking its rightful place in the world , '' Obama says . The president also met with Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade Kuribren and his wife, Maria de Lourdes Mejia. Speaking at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City , Obama said that too often the relationship between the United States and Mexico is `` trapped in old stereotypes , '' where Mexicans see America as trying to wall itself off from Mexico and Americans see Mexico through the sensational headlines of violence in the war on drugs . A new high-level group to discuss economic cooperation will convene in the fall .
NEW : President Obama meets with Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla , regional leaders . `` I see a Mexico that is taking its rightful place in the world , '' Obama says . The president also met with Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade Kuribren and his wife, Maria de Lourdes Mejia. A new high-level group to discuss economic cooperation will convene in the fall .