Democracy will not come to Mexico as the result of supposedly optimal policies prescribed by self-appointed saviors bent on economic stabilization. Denise Dresser Read Quote
Those who voted for Vicente Fox endorsed his call for change – better economic management, less crime, and less corruption – and they expect him to deliver. Denise Dresser Read Quote
Governments that don’t need to broaden their tax base have few incentives to respond to the needs of their people. Denise Dresser Read Quote
The emergence of cross-border coalitions and issues shows the advent of a whole new era in U.S.-Mexican and Mexico-California relations. Denise Dresser Read Quote
Democratic Latin America limps sideways because it can’t run ahead. There are too many entry barriers to the poor, the innovative, and those without access to credit. Denise Dresser Read Quote
Trump has said he will dismantle the North American Free Trade Agreement. This would be hugely harmful for Canada and the U.S. and for integration in the region. Denise Dresser Read Quote
In Latin America, many people live with outstretched hands. Throughout the hemisphere, paternalistic governments accustom people to receiving just enough to survive instead of participating in society. Denise Dresser Read Quote
Mexico City is being used as a laboratory to send the message throughout the rest of Mexico that the Left can govern. That here, it can be different, and it can actually get things under control and provide an alternative to the National Action Party and its conservative views. Denise Dresser Read Quote
The Left discovered that its post-electoral strategy of constant confrontation was actually helping Felipe Calderon and his popularity instead of undermining it. So Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City, who’s a very savvy politician, he changed course. He decided to actually govern instead of simply trying to bring the Calderon government down. Denise Dresser Read Quote
Suddenly, I’m like this political Ann Landers, which is a role I’d never envisioned for myself. Denise Dresser Read Quote
