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Announcements More information on Midterm II next Tuesday. Writing Assignment II due next Thursday. Map Quiz Alert for November 15th or 17 th : Algeria, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Ethiopia

Today Mexico’s difficult path to modernity Institutions, interests, and identities in contemporary Mexico

Political history: Porfiriato ( ) Revolution and PRI domination ( ) Competitive democracy (2000- )

Corporatism: when the central government organizes interests in society rather than the other way around.

Mexican political parties: PRI: Institutional Revolutionary Party PRD: Democratic Revolutionary Party PAN: National Action Party

Extremely minimum definition of democracy: There must be real competition among parties for power.

2000 Mexican presidential election Vicente Fox (PAN): 43% Francisco Labastida (PRI): 36% Cuautémoc Cárdenas (PRD): 17%

2006 Mexican presidential elections: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) Felipe Calderón (PAN) Roberto Madrazo (PRI) (probably) Others (Greens, Independents, Farmers)

January 1, 1994 NAFTA takes effect. Zapatistas take the stage.