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    Es La Economia, Estupido!

    The Institutional Revolutionary Party ruled Mexico for 70 years until it was discredited and ousted nine years ago. Felipe Calderón is the second president of the PAN, the National Action Party, but in parliamentary elections this weekend, the PRI stormed back, winning five of six governorships and a majority in Congress' lower house.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Institutional Revolutionary Party ruled Mexico for 70 years until it was discredited and ousted nine years ago. Felipe Calderón is the second president of the PAN, the National Action Party, but in parliamentary elections this weekend, the PRI stormed back, winning five of six governorships and a majority in Congress' lower house. Daniel Lund, president of the public-policy market-research firm MUND Américas, has more on the political repercussions of drug violence and a shrinking economy.

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      Warren Olney

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    3. 44:04Es La Economia, Estupido!You’re reading this
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