What's Wrong with Mexico? Drugs, Dinosaurs and Dithering

Denise Dresser will evaluate the limitations of the Calderon governments war on drugs and how the current climate of insecurity explains the renewed electoral strength and political renaissance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She will also address the characteristics of Mexicos dysfunctional political economy that explain why the country seems condemned to muddle through, instead of undertaking substantive reforms that would assure greater equality and growth.

Denise Dresser is a professor of Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) where she has taught comparative politics, political economy and Mexican politics since 1991. She writes a political column for the Mexican newspaper Reforma and the news weekly Proceso and was the host of the political talk shows Entreversiones and El País de Uno on Mexican television.

http://clas.berkeley.edu/

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[dianis927]

Que gusto me da que exista alguien que hable de la real verdad de mexico, y que tenga los suficientes pantalones para decir publicamente (con todo y nombres) todos los detalles y de donde flaque el gobierno de mexico; para los que critican este video de Denise dresser les digo: hay que ser mas realistas y menos ignorantes ¡por favor! Esto es muy real y si eres mexicano (a) y te importa tu pais sabras que esto es verdad, hay que tratar de mejorar nuestro pais como implementa sus ideas con valor

[xeroxour]

Brilliant woman! Denise Dresser should run for the Mexican presidency. Only someone like her has what it takes to make a real change.

[Zhevas1125]

@xeroxour really?

[Zhevas1125]

So the people that saids"ella tiene muchos pantalones por decir nombres" those names ALL THE MEXICANS ALREADY KNOW it !!

[notNullGothik]

MInuto 1:18:00 "epic fail" del que pregunta, excelente conferencia. Preparemonos para votar en el 2012!

[WolfEyesatNight]

@xeroxour

You're kidding, she can make a speech, but let me ask you, who will back her up?

will the US gov back her up?

[WolfEyesatNight]

@dianis927

POR FAVOR.. no sabes nada, aprende a oir, segun esta persona Mexico tiene la culpa de ser vecino de uno de los paises mas consumidores de DROGAS, y sus gobiernos tan corruptos tal como los necesita USA, vaya que eres inocente, la guerra de drogas deja a USA millones de dolares y control de los recursos de otros paiseS ..como el petroleo. BULLSHIT!

[WolfEyesatNight]

Bullshit, and you know it, according to you Mexico would be better if Mexicans wouldn't be so corrupt, give me a break.

Calderon is only doing , just like the other regimes, what US has told them to do.

BULLSHIT.

[NCanton07]

Buenisimo 

[cristopherkloeess]

@ncubica well first off the things you mention are despicable and nothing to be proud of. Eso se lo dejamos a los chilangos de DF esos cabrones son expertas en secuestros etc. Solamente al quien le toca le tocara oh a caso piensas que pura gente inocente acaba en el pozole? Its business and its only illegal because governments are unable to control it and they profit from seized money etc. Millions die annually due to guns, tobacco n alcohol yet its legitimate business why?

[ncubica]

@cristopherkloeess man, a poco es orgullo secuestrar, matar, extorsionar y crear miedo e incertidumbre en tus propios conacionales? explícame tu perespectiva porq ue no la encuentro...