| ID | 127591 |
| Title Proper | Mexico's problematic reforms |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Starr, Paella K |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | President Enrique Peña Nieto's first year in office (he was inaugurated in December 2012) was impressive, but also disappointing. The new administration's legislative achievements, including a series of long-awaited economic reforms, were striking in both number and content. Yet these accomplishments were accompanied by severely compromised fiscal and political-electoral reforms, an absence of anticorruption legislation, a sharp economic downturn caused mainly by government missteps, and a lack of sustained policy attention to the country's security situation. For the Mexican public, these last two failings weigh much more heavily on their everyday lives than the potential benefits from reforms approved by politicians who rarely seem to legislate with the citizenry in mind. Opinion polls show the lowest public support for any presidential administration in decades. |
| `In' analytical Note | Current History Vol.113, No.760; February 2014: p.51-56 |
| Journal Source | Current History Vol.113, No.760; February 2014: p.51-56 |
| Key Words | History ; Mexico ; Latin America ; Middle America ; Corruption ; Anticorruption Legislation ; Economics ; Economic Empowerment ; Political-Electoral Reforms ; Politics ; Political Reforms ; Enrique Peña Nieto ; National Security ; Government - Mexico ; Political Agenda ; Political Challenges |