Yes, just what we have been waiting for! Economic Flat-Earth-Society guru Thomas Friedman says Mexico is ALL RIGHT! No mention of 125,000 murdered people and 27,000+ more missing in the past 6 years… Why mention it when the outcome and outlooks (according to Friedman) are so rosy? I would love to know what PR bill-of-goods Mr. Friedman is buying and who is selling it. I hope there will be an investigative report soon on the Mexican government’s rebranding campaign and how it is being run. I have no doubt that it is growing bigger and is getting more and more success every day as business reporters and columnists swallow the happy pills. Thanks to Ed for sending this one…
Meanwhile, killings continue this weekend in Ciudad Juarez. At least 2 more today since my early morning report…
WAIT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!! Tony Garza is a former US Ambassador to Mexico and now a big investor, profiting from free trade… Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But, to be fair, there is something wrong with all this economic jingoism completely ignoring the human toll of more than 100,000 murdered Mexicans in the past 6 years… And the increasing rate of poverty in the country. What kind of economic success leaves more than 50% of the country in poverty or EXTREME poverty? molly
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many countrymen including myself are still asking or wondering where the buoyant cashflow is going because economy numbers are one thing but real financial resources are other. pyme economic assistance was not managed too well according to new government review during these first months transition and that is why the national institute of entreneurship was created to better manage resources and stop corruption in this sector too. we are anxiously waiting for the real boosting in liquidity, everybody is now fighting in the economic market for having the biggest steak everyday and loyalty and honesty are passing to another scale of values. we really need effective management, promotion, follow-through and auditing of funding all the entrepreurship programs.