Democracy Digest » Mexico http://www.demdigest.net/blog News and analysis on democracy assistance and promotion Fri, 17 May 2013 21:07:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Stronger democracy will check ‘Old Guard in new Mexico’ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/06/stronger-democracy-will-check-old-guard-in-new-mexico/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/06/stronger-democracy-will-check-old-guard-in-new-mexico/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:01:26 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=15844 “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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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 …

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