“After voting the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) out of Los Pinos, Mexico’s presidential residence, twelve years ago, the country looks poised to bring it back,” notes Shannon K. O’Neil.
The party “continues to be a club of corruption, …
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June 8, 2012
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Stronger democracy will check ‘Old Guard in new Mexico’
May 30, 2012
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Egypt needs freedom of information for sustainable democracy
Egypt is going through a period of enormous promise through citizen empowerment, writes Sahar Aziz in this guest post. But for Egypt to achieve sustainable democracy, many reforms remain to be implemented, the most important of which is public access …
May 22, 2012
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Return of PRI ‘politburo’ imperils Mexico’s democracy
- Credit: La Jornada
“The Mexican version of the Soviet Politburo is poised to make a comeback, with potentially disastrous consequences for North America,” writes John M. Ackerman.
“In 2000, the world hailed the end of more than 70 …