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https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2018/03/26/mexicos-2018-election-populism-vs-prudence/#7f1e36c22d11

Mexico is undergoing a presidential election.

With years of social unrest, criminals challenging authority,  and poverty, leading candidate Lopez Obrador has peoples hopes that he will fix the corruption in Mexico.

What are some actions Lopez could do to deal with Mexico's problems? (Hint: Look at Diaz, NAFTA, and PRI)

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free trade had low tariffs and no restrictions

NAFTA set up a common market of close to 400 million consumers.(Mexico, Canada and the United States signed this treaty)

many hoped that free trade attracted foreign investment

others worried about growing role of the United States and Japan in the Mexican economy.

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He created programs that were supposed to modernize Mexico and he reached out to foreigners

The foreigners built railroads, developed mines, and bought land in Mexico.

The production of silver, copper, coffee, and sugar.

Díaz created a brutal police force that were ordered to destroy rural bandits and political opponents.

Economic growth benefited Diaz and foreign investors while 90% of Mexican peasants owned no land at all.

Peasants worked on large estates for low wages and some lived on the bridge of starvation.

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anger against Diaz and foreign investors exploded

peasants, workers, and middle class members joined to overthrow Diaz

civil war raged across Mexico as rebel groups battled for power

in the end, it gave the country more democratic government

1917: new constitution and government control over resources

constitution called for land for peasants, protecting workers' rights, and limiting the power of the church

resulted ultimately in the end of the 30-year dictatorship in Mexico and the establishment of a constitutional republic

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PRI and Zapatistas: political groups

the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) dominated the govt, even though Mexico is a democracy

PRI paid attention to the needs of many groups

included industrialists, middle class, farmers, and workers

critics believe that PRI used fraud and violence to stay in power

2000: the PRI lost Mexico's presidential election to Vicente Fox Quesada

President Fox faced challenges from rebel groups

Zapatista National Liberation Army

Based in the Mexican state of Chiapas in the south

They demand greater rights for Mexico's Native Americans

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-Maquiladoras is a foreign owned plant in which local workers assemble parts into finished goods.
-American and Japanese companies built maquiladoras in Mexico to take advantage of low wages paid to workers.