1. You have a warm up online under the Mexico tab—it’s titled Iran quiz warm up.
Also, bring money for Global Classrooms!

3. AP Comp Gov
Take out your graphic organizer on drug wars. We’ll start today with the presentations we didn’t have time for last Friday.

4. MUN 4
On your computer, go to my weebly, then under Mexico there is a warm up titled “10 things to know about Nigeria today.”
Read it, and decide which is most important and why.

5. AP Comp Gov
Read the article from last class on the 2000 election titled “Mexico, Voting in New Leader, Begins Political Sea Change”
Use the article to fill out the last box on your graphic organizer from last class.

6. Government Institutions and recent elections in Mexico
Let’s start with some notes!

7. The Basics
Based on the Constitution of 1917: Federalist government, with 3 branches with checks and balances
But, under 71 years of PRI rule…
Became authoritarian
Dominated by the executive
Lots of state corporatism to dominate civil society
Since the 1980’s, Mexico has become much more true to its constitution

8. The Executive branch Serve 1 6 year term (sexenio—why?)
In the 2000 election, the PRI lost!
Vicente Fox, from the PAN party, won with 43% of the vote (no runoffs in Mexico)
PRI got 36%
Actually criticized for being too weak (democratic, no patron-client system)
Broke up huge patron-client system, at least for a while
Besides patron-client system, basically has the same powers as the American president:
Negotiate treaties
Nominate Supreme Court justices
Introduce legislation to Congress
Create budget

11. Bureaucracy Under the power of the executive 1.5 million employees!
Under PRI, all tied to patron-client system, tons of bribes and promotions of supporters
Lots of para-statals (more on them later)

12. 2006 Presidential Election
1994—PRI candidate assassinated, replacement still won
2000—PAN (Vicente Fox) won for 1st time ever
2006—Very competitive election
Obrador—PRD, vs. Calderon—PAN
Obrador’s campaign slogan: “Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres.”
Calderon won, but by .5%
Obrador organized huge protests, called himself “Legitimate President of Mexico” for 6 months!
Eventually lost support of his own party
Blow to legitimacy in Mexico

13. Pena Nieto Elected in 2012 Return of the PRI!
PRI won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, but not a majority
Concerns about return of the PRI?
Elected with ______% (not the most legitimate leader ever)

14. Why Is Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto so unpopular?

15. Timeline!
You have 20 minutes to create a timeline of Mexican history. Include 6 of the following events in your timeline.
Include a picture, brief description, and date for each event.
Mexican independence
Porfiriato
Mexican Revolution
Constitution of 1917
Cardenas’s Presidency
Pendulum theory
The Mexican Miracle
Neoliberalism in Mexico
Fall of the PRI
Presidency of Vicente Fox
2006 election
Presidency of Felipe Calderon
Presidency of Enrique Pena Nieto
The fall of the PRI

16. Legislative Branch Bicameral Lower House—Chamber of Deputies
Upper House—Senate
128 senators
Getting stronger since the fall of the PRI, now the legislature has similar responsibilities as the United States
Pass legislation
Check President
Confirm Presidential appointees

17. Voting in Mexico President—First past the post (plurality), no run-off
Senate—
2 senators by plurality from each state
1 senator from whatever party gets the 2nd most votes in the state
32 senators based on proportional representation of national vote (if a party gets 33%, they get 8/32 seats)
House of Deputies
300 plurality single member districts
200 proportional representation
(Sound like any other country pre- 2007?)

18. Judicial Branch Developing, getting stronger like legislative branch
Code law
Federal and state courts, but federal courts are better developed
Supreme Court—Technically has judicial review, but rarely overrides key legislation (sound familiar?)
Not much trust in judges, lots of perceived corruption
Lots of differences in local law (sound familiar?)
Calderon—ORAL TRIALS,
Pena Nieto—GENERAL CRIMINAL LAW, NOT 31 STATE CODES