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Mexican election means populism versus prudence

Tuesday, March 27, 2018


Mexico is careening fast towards a critical crossroads.

In the 2018 election many parts of the country citizens tired with rampant corruption, brutal inequality, and decades of sluggish growth will have to decide between trying to persevere and preserve the nascent gains from the export-focused NAFTA era or shift to re-embrace a populist model that wants to at least partially reject the export-led development model and focus on boosting local industrial and agricultural output.

Source: Forbes