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  JoseAngeldeMonterrey

  There´s no political turmoil, Peña Nieto will take office without a single problem. Lopez Obrador will create his own party to get richer, political parties are nothing but a business in Mexico, and elsewhere in the world.

  Sep 10th, 2012 - 02:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  British_Kirchnerist

  I predict this party, alone or in recombination with the rest of the left, will win next time

  Sep 10th, 2012 - 12:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Elena

  If Obrador is the next candidate of this new party I would be doubful for him to win, a part of the ppl are beggining to tire of him.
  
  The problem in the left in Mexico is precisely this, they get angry with each other and get out to make their own “separate” party, making the left weaker and their oppinions divided, we have a good number of left leaning partys but ppl generaly dont vote for them, ppl are weary of those partys or think they are just there to get money.
  
  So far PRD is the left leaning party strog enough to compite with PRI AND PAN but if it wishes to win it must get a more clear plan, unity between members, and a good strategy for goverment, their old fight for ppl is not believed anymore because they themselves hardly have made much different decisions when in a position of power. Cuatemoc Cardenas is trying to reform the party precisely for this, and I think it would do the party good to do that.

  Sep 10th, 2012 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  British_Kirchnerist

  #3 “The problem in the left in Mexico is precisely this, they get angry with each other and get out to make their own “separate” party, making the left weaker and their oppinions divided”
  
  This is indeed a problem of the left, in Britain too =(

  Sep 11th, 2012 - 01:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  JoseAngeldeMonterrey

  It is clear that president Calderon was talking about Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba, Nicaragua and to a certain extent, Bolivia. But not about Argentina. No democracy in Latin America is fully consolidated, with the exception of Costa Rica and Chile, but certainly there are countries drifting away in waters of populism and radicalism, and even totalitarianism. Like Venezuela.

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  Simon68

  5 JoseAngeldeMonterrey (#)
  Sep 11th, 2012 - 02:50 am
  
  And Argentina. Argentina since November has ceased to be anything like a democracy, if truth be told we live in a kleptocracy!!!!!

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  Elena

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  really? :o , I thought that was just the left in Mexico :) especially with Hollande in France and Zapatero in Spain, I didn´t even know there was left in Britain, I must inform myself more on Europe politics.
  
  But indeed, this problem with unity is holding left down, even if I dont agree with all their oppinions, their input is neccesary IMO especially when it´s constructive and made for the well being of society. I would even be ok with a left goverment if it oppened itself to inputs and oppinions from other political policies and of course, to the ppl itself. I think Humala in Peru is a good example of this.
  
  5 Jose
  
  I agree, democracy in Latam needs time and development like any other country that lived under autocratic goverments from a period of time, change to democracy is not an automatic thing because wearines and a natural distrust of goverment can get in the way. Chile and Costa Rica are indeed good examples on how get a fairer distribution of power. Also, being of the left or socialist or Right oriented should not serve as a justification for radicalism.

  Sep 12th, 2012 - 12:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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