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"Denise Dresser, la politóloga más punzante de México entrega en este libro un diagnóstico audaz y demoledor de la situación política y social que impera en nuestro país, denuncia la corrupción de nuestras instituciones, la voracidad de los monopolios, la nociva parcialidad de las televisoras y sus agendas políticas, y las componendas oscuras de líderes sindicales y partidistas"--P. [4] of cover

Mexico appears to be speaking the vocabulary of disenchantment. The words 'failure,' 'disillusion,' 'lack of leadership' have become a daily part of national conversation. The consensus seems to be that [Vicente] Fox's presidency is over, that he is no longer a lame duck but a dead duck.

The Mexican political landscape is dominated by political parties and candidates who have begun viciously campaigning for the country's 2006 presidential election. Corruption continues to be a major problem in Mexico, and President Vicente Fox is viewed as powerless to improve the situation, shifting the focus to the campaign. The campaign's frontrunner, left wing Mexican City Mayor Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been weakened by scandals involving city officials. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled the country for 71 years before 2000, may return to power. The positions of Fox and his party, which is likely to finish in third place in the election, will probably determine whether the PRI or Lopez Obrador wins the presidency. Meanwhile, Fox has failed to kick the PRI out of power, and the party is regaining its strength. The PRI's candidate, Roberto Madrazo, wants to revive Mexico's corrupt government. Fox is viewed as well-intentioned but ineffectual, and Mexicans are losing faith in the political system. It is concluded that the PRI will block major reforms in Congress, while wooing the business class. Meanwhile, Lopez Obrador is weakened but remains popular, and the country will continue to be enveloped in hardball politics.

Asalto a Palacio: Lase Entranas de una Guerra (Storming the Palace: The Entrails of War), by Guillermo H. Cantu, is reveiwed.

Dresser reviews 'La Herencia: Arqueologia de la Sucesion Presidencial en Mexico' (The Inheritance: Archaeology of the Presidential Succession in Mexico) by Jorge G. Castaneda.