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So I heard there are a number of pre-1900 TLs on this site dealing with turning Mexico (or its analog) into a USA-like superpower or a USA rival.

However, I don’t think I’ve seen a TL where Mexico is just a Great Power. So with a post-1900 POD (preferably a post-1945 one) turn Mexico into a pro-U.S. great power (i.e.: similar to OTL U.K.). By 2012, Mexico’s citizens have to have a high standard of living (no cartels!) and the nation is supposed to have important economic, military, cultural and industrial clout on the global stage but is a “U.S. lapdog”/”firm ally” (depending on your point of view). Having low corruption rate would be good too. Bonus points if you find a way for people to justify the close U.S.-Mexican relationship via cultural reasons (OTL, I read people making subjective statements reasoning that U.K. and U.S. share close cultural links and “are part of the same family” and therefore the two nations have to be tied at the hip for all time).

Can you do it AH.com?
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