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Stratfor Director of Analysis for Latin America Karen Hooper discusses political infighting in Mexico and the country's prospects for continued reform. (STRATFORvideo)
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s cross-party accord to pass economic bills faces its biggest challenge yet after the opposition accused him of ignoring accusations the government used funds to buy votes.
The National Action Party, or PAN, released tapes that allegedly showed officials from the president’s party arranging to use government funds to finance party-run poverty programs ahead of local elections in July. As a result, PAN and the Democratic Revolution Party refused to take part in a bill they’d negotiated to boost lending in Mexico, forcing the president to delay its presentation today.
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