Denise Dresser

Latin America's economies are organized in a way that concentrates wealth in a few hands but then leaves it untaxed, depriving governments…

— Denise Dresser

Ignoring party leaders in order to sway public opinion may work in countries where elected representatives are responsive to their constituencies. But…

— Denise Dresser

The National Action Party, in many ways, emulated the PRI in the way in which it conducted itself in government, supporting corporatist…

— Denise Dresser

“Yo, al igual que usted, parezco una naranja. A mi, al igual que a usted, todos los días alguna empresa pública o…

— Denise Dresser

Democratic Latin America limps sideways because it can't run ahead. There are too many entry barriers to the poor, the innovative, and…

— Denise Dresser

Pena Nieto is a product of the two television networks that groomed him for power and then propelled him to the presidency.

— Denise Dresser

For too long, government officials have tinkered with Mexico's economic structure through piecemeal reforms that seek to ensure political stability but that…

— Denise Dresser

The PRI portrays itself as the force of the center, of stability.

— Denise Dresser

“¿Que es la maquinaria del PRI? Es el gobernador que manda a los maestros a marchar al DF para desquiciarla.”

— Denise Dresser

The U.S.-Mexico border has often been described as an open wound. NAFTA was expected to heal it, albeit through a long, slow,…

— Denise Dresser

Mexico City is being used as a laboratory to send the message throughout the rest of Mexico that the Left can govern.…

— Denise Dresser

Mexico isn't a country of routine debates among presidential candidates.

— Denise Dresser

The PRI can afford to push democratization; it can afford to be generous because it has a very good chance of winning…

— Denise Dresser

Governments that don't need to broaden their tax base have few incentives to respond to the needs of their people.

— Denise Dresser

Undoubtedly, Mexico's crime-related problems have become a focus of attention among lawmakers, law enforcement, and the media in the United States.

— Denise Dresser

In Latin America, many people live with outstretched hands. Throughout the hemisphere, paternalistic governments accustom people to receiving just enough to survive…

— Denise Dresser

Jesse Helms has historically been identified as an enemy of Mexico; therefore, by definition, anyone who opposes him is a friend of…

— Denise Dresser

Trump has said he will dismantle the North American Free Trade Agreement. This would be hugely harmful for Canada and the U.S.…

— Denise Dresser

Mexico doesn't know whether it should pay more attention to those who advocate militarizing the border or to those - like President…

— Denise Dresser

It would indeed be fortunate for Mexico if a new era of PRI presidencies were a sign of healthy rotation in power…

— Denise Dresser

NAFTA was conceived to avoid discrimination against goods. A U.S.-Mexico treaty on immigration should be devised to prevent discrimination against people.

— Denise Dresser

Democracy will not come to Mexico as the result of supposedly optimal policies prescribed by self-appointed saviors bent on economic stabilization.

— Denise Dresser

The tin man vs. the straw man. The candidate with a brain but without a heart against the president with a heart…

— Denise Dresser

For Mexicans, corruption is not a deal breaker.

— Denise Dresser

I tweet 20 times a day, not only about Mexican politics, but about film, books, restaurants, U.S. politics.

— Denise Dresser