Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Law and order and prosperity

Can the Mexican government continue its war on drug gangs and reduce poverty? Do the president's comments represent a real change in priorities? Or is this a way of saying, "We feel your pain"? (A PAN campaign slogan?)

Mexican president: gangs were 'taking over' Mexico
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were "taking over Mexico" before he launched his offensive against them, and said the crackdown had achieved uneven results.

Calderon's comments were taped prior to his statement... that reducing poverty is now "the first priority" for his administration. But in a previously-recorded interview with the news network Televisa, Calderon made it clear he wasn't abandoning the war on drugs...

But Calderon acknowledged uneven results...


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