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    INTRODUCTION From the Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) to the National Action Party (PAN) to the Party of Democratic Revolution (PRD), Mexico has had many political parties in the past and present but many have questioned the fact that how has PRI manage to stay in power and maintain its place as the dominant party in the past. In this short research paper I am going to be talking about Partido Revolucionario Institutional (PRI) and Mexico. I want to discuss the history of PRI and how it

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    of three main political parties that build the framework for the Federal Government of Mexico. These three parties are the Institutional Revoluntionary Party (PRI), The National Action Party (PAN), and the most recent addition, the Democratic Revolutionary (PRD). There are many similarites between Mexico's political parties and the United States, the PAN leans to the right of the political spectrum making it Republican, and PRD swings to the left making for a Democratic party. The most popular of the

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    American countries, there is no second term available. There are three main political parties that are seen throughout Mexico. The first is the National Action Party, or PAN (Partido Accion Nacional). The National Action Party is a conservative liberal party that is seen as one with close ties to the Roman Catholic Church. Generally, PAN supports minimal government intervention in the economy. The National Action Party was founded in 1939, mainly consisting of support from the northern parts of the country

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    The National Action Party (PAN) has been connected as a conservatism in Mexican politics since the beginning, even though the party does not consider itself a conservative party. This party unites and stands for Catholics and capitalists in Mexico, free-market, conservative on social issues, and supportive to foreign interests. “Mexicans long have expressed a much more favorable opinion of civil society in general than of specific governmental institutions, indicating a much higher level of trust

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    America, according to the Global Corruption Barometer released in July by Transparency International, an anti-corruption nonprofit group. Mexico shares its rank with Argentina. In the group’s Global Corruption Barometer of 2013, Mexico’s political parties, police, legislature and judiciary were perceived as the most corrupt, with 91%, 90%, 83% and 80% negative views on corruption. The report, which is based on a survey of 114,000 people in 107 countries, offers a warning that the abuse of power,

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    Country Analysis of Mexico

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    is a bicameral legislature which consist of: National Congress or Congreso de la Union consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members are elected by popular vote for a six-year term, 32 seats are allocated on the basis of each party 's popular vote) and the Federal Chamber of Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are elected by popular vote; the other 200 members are allocated on the basis of

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    The Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) is a current revolutionary group that resides in Chiapas, Mexico. Chiapas is state with a large majority of the population that has indigenous blood. With that being said they are very connected to their indigenous roots compared to other countries. With the start of the Mexican Revolution there were many people living in poverty and without land. Large amounts of wealthy Mexicans were owners of the grand majority of the land. A main problem that

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    54%. Not the worst but pretty good, taking into account that he’d been elected from a fierce field of candidates with approximately 38% of the vote. The reform candidate of the discernible PRI, Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary party), assured its people that he would address the country's issues focusing on the economy and safety of the mexican states. A difficult task trusted to a president who is heavily suspected of buying his presidency. With four and half years

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    Mexico’s official name is the United Mexican states. Mexico’s current political system derives from the Constitution of 1917, which arose from the Mexican Revolution. The Constitution captures the ideals of the Revolution and reflects three centuries of Spanish colonial rule. The Constitution protects the rights of workers, peasants, and organizations. It guarantees the right to have an eight-hour workday, rights for women and children workers, and rights for minimum wage being sufficient enough

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    Mexican Drugs

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    Intelligence Center, has a long and storied past. Cartels operated with relative impunity from government prosecution during the seventy year reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, (PRI). The movement from an authoritarian government system of the PRI to the liberal democracy initiated by the election victory of the National Action Party, (PAN), candidate, Vicente Fox, in 2000, disrupted the status quo. Election gains by PAN Representatives disrupted long standing agreements between the cartels

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