Mexico Reforms in 2000 with the help of two parties

Mexico's New Democracy was a chance in a Century, unlikely to have emerged since the replacement for Diaz eventually turned out to be a one-party regime known as the PRI. Finally, in 2000, there was a coalition of parties that would change history. Rather than risk a split nation that was part Democratic and part state party, there was a fortunate sweep of the remnants of the old party that could have stalled major reforms. Mexico was once again in the hands of representative parties that could compete for ideas and results, rather than a state party that had to do nothing more than fix the vote count.

The PAN and the PRD are ideologically split, who could have ever imagined anything more than a 3-way race resulting in weak parties unable to govern without improved deal-making, something they'd never had to learn or practice? The great work of fate (POD) was a negotiation between parties facilitated by skilled negotiators that had risen up in the PAN and the PRD, even as the popular cowboy, Vicente Fox, led the coalition and had to rely on this fortunate and practical alliance.

There would be serious issues for the two parties to reconcile, but they were united in one great hope, that Mexico could become one of the world's great Democracies with increasing opportunities and rapid growth favorable for all parties, and with compensation, retraining, and investment capital for those who were not placed to benefit from the initial shock of change that would sweep over Mexico dramatically, leaving fears of a piecemeal death of Democracy in the past.
 
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