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Stephens: The Paradoxes of Felipe Calderón
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Mexico's Felipe Calderon cites the achievements during his 6 years in office: the efforts to establish a rule of law state, reduce the influence of drug trafficking gangs, improve higher technical education with 113,000 engineers now graduating each year, generating jobs and economic growth, and reducing the flow of people moving across the border with the U.S. as conditions improve in Mexico.
Mexico's Felipe Calderon: An Assessment
07/02/2012
Mexico's Felipe Calderon looks back at his policies and what they achieved for Mexico in a meeting with WSJ Editors in Sept. 2012. He describes the problems he faced and why he pursued an aggressive fight against drug gangs- the need to establish a rule for law state in the country. The achievements he cites- 113,000 engineers graduating each year in Mexico. The growth of jobs and the diminishing need for Mexicans to cross the border into the U.S. as the economy improved in Mexico during his 6 years in office.
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