Mexico's Presidential Election
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-07-02/mexicos-presidential-election
Mexicans went to the polls yesterday to choose a new president. The official preliminary vote count handed a victory to Enrique Pena Nieto. A win for the former governor of the state of Mexico marks a return to power for the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Known as the PRI, it controlled Mexico's presidency for more than 70 years until the election of Vicente Fox in 2000. Some fear the PRI’s re-emergence will bring a return of corruption and patronage to national politics. Issues facing the new president include a continuing drug war and sputtering economy. Diane and her guests discuss the outcome of the Mexico presidential election.
Guests
Jo Tuckman
Mexico-based foreign correspondent, reports for The Guardian and other publications, author of "Mexico: Democracy Interrupted."
Eric Olson
senior adviser on US-Mexico Security for the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute.
Arturo Valenzuela
Professor of Government at Georgetown University, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Francisco Gonzalez
the Riordan Roett Chair in Latin American Studies at Johns Hopkins' graduate school, SAIS, in Washington D.C.
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When the dust settles, the rich will still be rich, the poor will still be poor, the supposed government will still be corrupt, and big money will still be in charge of the real government.
Much like its neighbor to the north.
It's my opinion that the U.S. has served as a purge valve for political discontent. Liberal immigration laws have allowed surrounding countries like Cuba and Mexico to export political pressure that would have forced change. It's human nature to take the easier path, and it's definitely easier to leave than it is to fight for change. Mexico has always been unapologetic for mass exodus and only seems to encourage it.
The bottom line, illegal immigration into the U.S. has hurt Mexico and has in the long run diminished the possibility of real political reform.
Thank you Diane and guests for making an abrupt program change!
I am also reading SCOTUS blog and your panel's analysis and guidance through this complicated issue is most welcomed.
Staying tuned...
As you are saying, "on the fly", my first response: "Whew! Dodged that bullet!"
Step one towards universal health care has been vindicated.
Those uninsured celebrate! The health insurance companies celebrate! Cccching! Serious pro life folks celebrate! MIRACLES WILL NEVER CEASE! WHEE HEE
I have a high deductible, very affordable health care policy and an HSA. How will this act effect my coverage?
Could someone please explain what the difference is between the individual mandate and the state laws requiring auto insurance, or at least penalizing individual without auto insurance. Is is that these are state laws, and the states have more leeway than the Federal government?
Thanks!
good start, now the ongoing process of refinement and execution can proceed. it was clear at the start that this is a long term project that requires everyones input, and maybe even trial and error. as a physician, it is clear to me that the big issue is effective health care for everyone, not insurance--they are NOT synonymous! Framing the issue as insurance v tax puts the focus on funding only -- not "welfare of the citizens" (the constitutional purpose of government),--necessary but not sufficient to leverage the amazing advances in medicine for all Americans' benefit. We are the most ingenious people on earth, but I think our most profound results have always come in desperate circumstances--We are now ready to devise the best public health system ever!
Thank you ever so much for not calling it Obamacare...it only gives the Rep's. another reason to want it killed!
How free from corruption are Mexican elections? I have heard from Mexican students that it's still a dictatorship.
Does the Mexican public blame much of the violence for the drug wars on America's failed Fast and Furious policy?
I am very sad about the results. Peña Nieto is a person so unrelated to the real needs of the majority of the population he (in an interview he could not answer basic questions about the cost of living in Mexico). "He is a small man for a big country". I hope God does not abandoned Mexico; there are lots of great, smart and hardworking people who deserve a different leadership.