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Mexico Update: Establishment Parties Fail to Unite to Defeat Leftist Candidate
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Mexico Update: Establishment Parties Fail to Unite to Defeat Leftist Candidate

The third and final presidential debate took place, as Lopez Obrador maintained his considerable lead. The ruling parties, PRI and PAN, seek a common front to defeat the center-left but internal conflicts and their weak…

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Mexico’s Economic Growth Failure: Decades in the Making
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Mexico’s Economic Growth Failure: Decades in the Making

As Mexicans get ready to vote for a new president on Sunday, they will probably punish the political class that led the country into a 30-year economic slump. CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot analyzes Mexico’s economic performance…

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Left Candidate Lopez Obrador Leads Mexican Presidential Race by an Insurmountable Margin
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Left Candidate Lopez Obrador Leads Mexican Presidential Race by an Insurmountable Margin

Mexico’s July 1 presidential election is likely to lead to a historic result as the center-left candidate Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador leads the race by 25 percentage points over his closest rival. We talk to…

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