AHC: Save Mexico!

With a POD after 1900, your challenge is to make Mexico have the same amount (or roughly) of GDP and Standard of Living as the United States.
 

Lateknight

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A easy way of doing this is have Mexico annexed by the U.S or having the U.S suffer a terriable war that causes it's GDP to lower.
 
A easy way of doing this is have Mexico annexed by the U.S or having the U.S suffer a terriable war that causes it's GDP to lower.

After 1900 only the former can work. It is too far behind after 1900 for this not to be ASB otherwise. A pre-1900 POD could well do it, particularly pre-ACW.
 
You can always have Diaz die before the Revolution, leaving the economy and infrastructure intact. I mean, at one point the peso was more valued than the dollar.
Have the right person in charge, and I don't see why Mexico can't do well.
 
You can always have Diaz die before the Revolution, leaving the economy and infrastructure intact. I mean, at one point the peso was more valued than the dollar.
Have the right person in charge, and I don't see why Mexico can't do well.

Do well? Yes Do as well as the US when it was so far behind? No

The UK pound is worth more than a US dollar right now, and has throughout the history of the US. Is the UK richer than the US now? The Japanese Yen is worth a lot less than a US dollar is Japan a Third World country? The worth of a currency is largely dependent on how much of the currency you have compared to the size of your economy. As far as I am aware at no point in history was Mexico actually wealthier than the US, certainly not after the ACW.
 
Earlier significant tapping of Mexican oil fields, preferably soon after the civil war, coupled with the rise of a socially-minded leader who invests in industry and whatever resources Mexico has. Begin a crusade to stamp out corruption and oligarchism, as well as improve infrastructure, and Mexico should become a pretty nice country.
Another thing this Mexico might do is participate significantly in WWII, utilizing its position as one of the victors to gain favorable economic treaties, especially in Africa. We saw how the war helped America, and while the boost would be less significant in Mexico, it would definitely help.
Then comes industrialization, during which Mexico can slowly shift into a nation driven primarily by service industry. Would that fit your criteria?
 
Have the "All of Mexico" movement during the Mexican-American War succeed.

Mexico is Annexed as the end result.

That's no guarantee of Mexican prosperity. The Spanish-speaking areas that aren't colonized by Anglo settlers could, and most likely would, end up severely neglected, underdeveloped, and poor. That's of course setting aside the ASB-ness of that scenario in the first place.
 
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