Thoughts on the current debt situation Victor F. Mercado The purpose of this analysis is to present how economic trends affect internal politics in Mexico. The choice of studying the internal political economic workings of our neighbors to the south is based partly on its interdependence with the United States, but also because Mexico is an excellent case study to observe the neoliberal experiment in practice. Thus, this essay is inspired from the arguments proposed …showed first 75 words of 1845 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1845 total…g party and the opposition. Because this election may mean what I like to refer to as 'the changing of the guard' in Mexican politics, it will be interesting to see how political players respond to the recent changes of the dismal science. This, is political economy baby. Bibliography The Financial Times, London: 3.24.2000 3.10.2000 3.08.2000 The Arizona Republic, 3.21.2000 The L.A. Times, 3.10.2000 Freidman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree The Economist, February 19, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**