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Mexico was not successful before AMLO. Mexico was not successful while AMLO was in office. Mexico will not be successful under Claudia Sheinbaum. More than 100 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted that Mexico would not be successful. He was right. Check Mexico’s PISA scores. They are between Kazakhstan and Mongolia. No surprise that (measured by PISA scores), Singapore is number one. The rise of China dooms Mexico, in more ways than one.

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According to this article, AMLO views Mexico's relationship with the US as less important than energy policy. Times sure have changed. I mentioned in another note, that China's rise dooms Mexico. True enough. Mexico (in the future) will sell raw materials to China and consume manufactured goods made in China. That's not much of a future. But it is the future that Mexico has. Of course, Tourism won't go away. Lots of Chinese tourists in Mexico's future.

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