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Absence Quote by Denise Dresser

“The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.” quote by Denise Dresser — Download Open image

“The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.”

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

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

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

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Democratic Latin America limps sideways because it can't run ahead. There are too many entry barriers to the poor, the innovative, and those without…

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

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For too long, government officials have tinkered with Mexico's economic structure through piecemeal reforms that seek to ensure political stability but that do not…

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

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

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

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

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

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