Dinosaurs, Democracy and Development: A New Era in Mexico and U.S.-Mexico Relations

Enrique Peña Nieto’s victory in Mexico’s 2012 elections has brought the party that ruled for 70 years back to power after 12 years in the cold. Is this a return to the old or evidence of a functioning democracy? The new president has said he would like to focus less on drugs and more on economic opportunity in relations with the U.S. And what of Mexico’s supposedly roaring economy and drug war-can the headlines all be true?