May 19, 2018
43 missing students
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
El Chapo
elections
Enrique Pena Nieto
Iguala
PAN
Francisco Cruzado
It amazes me how many Latin-American stories are greatly marked by the factor of corruption, as if it was inherent to the foundations of their political and institutional systems. However, I sometimes look with confusion —due to personal ignorance— how does it happen that a party as the PRI, associated with an early-XX-century revolution, could become the party of Obregón or Peña Nieto, and still last for so long. I do hope AMLO may be a motive for change.
15/01/2020
5:38 pm
Lesley Martinez
It’s outrageous to read that one political party was in power for 71 years. The violence and corruption in Mexico have certainly become worse. To know that 43 students just disappeared out of nowhere and that the state officials were involved with the drug cartels is sketchy, also considering that the most wanted drug cartel was able to escape a Mexican prison. Reading this today, Andres Manual Lopez Obrador was able to win the presidency, however, I wonder if he has accomplished any of the promises he made. Great article!
22/01/2020
5:38 pm
Andrea Degollado
Reading this article was very interesting. I think its not very uncommon to read about government officials that are associated with corruption. And Enrique Peña Nieto can be used as an example. I remember hearing about the mansion purchase on the news, and i like how this article highlights how it was purchased with the governments money. I think its sad to read that the people you elect to help you better your country take advantage of that and use the power for their own self interest.
09/02/2020
5:38 pm
Samantha Zamorano
I truly do not understand how the first scandal that surfaced about Pena Nieto paying Televisa to air the ads wasn’t enough to discredit his integrity. It’s infuriating that the PRI backed him in sabotaging votes, because we all know that it happened. We also all know that Pena Nieto allowed the cartels to operate within the country. I think it’s great you pointed out that under his presidency, violence and corruption only became much worse. For the past few years watching the news and reading news articles, it was all about Mexican cartels and the terror they were committing across the country. They were operating with what seemed like complete immunity. The lack of what this man did to improve Mexico and the livelihoods of many truly disgusts me.
15/02/2020
5:38 pm
David Castaneda Picon
This was a great article. It is sad to think that politicians use their power, and the money of the country in order to control everything in their favor instead of doing something great for the community. In Mexico, the media controls everything, from political campaigns, to Mexican professional sports leagues, having said that, it is not uncommon that a politician running for president pay a television network so that they make them look good. I do hope that AMLO keeps his promises of ending with violence and corruption of Mexico, because as the author Julio Morales mentioned in this article, “Mexico has the potential to be a great country” (2018).
16/02/2020
5:38 pm
Aracely Beltran
Thank you for sharing this! It was so interesting to learn about more ways that this man failed his country. Can we be surprised though? Most recent Mexican presidents are full of corruption. They get taxed twice as much as Americans do and yet they are doing so much worse than we are. This man was a joke and I am happy you wrote this.
30/04/2020
5:38 pm
Manuel Rodriguez
I really appreciate the rawness of the information that is presented throughout the article. There is no doubt that the government in Mexico has deep roots of corruption that can not be changed from one presidency to the next, but the calls of action that the author suggests in the closing paragraph are defiantly great steps in the right direction.
10/10/2020
5:38 pm
Eugenio Gonzalez
Great article; presents essential information about the failures of Peña Nieto’s administration. Unfortunately, Mexico lived in a small dictatorship where one political party would control the media and manipulate elections results. It is sad to see a country like Mexico, potentially becoming a world power, be held back by its politicians. Hopefully, future presidents and politicians will begin doing their job correctly and help Mexico fulfill its potential.
21/10/2022
5:38 pm
Fatima Esparza
Not many people discuss the corruption issue in Mexico and Peña Nieto’s failed presidency. Reading about the 43 students who were kidnapped and never brought back is devastating. Not many Mexicans want to go against the government since government officials usually have ties with criminals and cartel members. Going against the government is risky in Mexico, and Peña Nieto showed how little he and many other government officials care about the safety of the people.
02/04/2023
5:38 pm
Leopoldo Martinez-Milland
The recent history of Mexico has saddened me. With my family being from Coahuila, there was a period of time where we couldn’t go because of how dangerous it was. People such as Peña Nieto are the main reason why Mexico has become a safe haven for criminals but a death zone for civilians. Julio Morales did a great job describing the history of Peña Nieto’s reign as President, highlighting the personal purchase of a mansion with government money as evidence of his corruption while also giving the reader a few solutions to problems faced in the politically corrupt country. Hopefully, now with a humble Lopez Obrador as President, Mexico should be going in for some drastic changes, while Peña Nieto is evading arrest from the Mexican government.
18/10/2019
5:38 pm