... way for the major beneficiaries of development, the middle class." ( Needler, Mexican Politics). Although this is a middle class in terms of Mexico's social structure, this is not a "middle class" in Western or European terms. The trends described were arrested and partially reversed by the economic crises and high inflation of the 1980's, as upper-status people were better able to protect ... Fox is "riding the fence" meaning he is trying to buy some time, and avoid making a decision that could have a very high political cost at home or on the bilateral front. With Mexico as a member o...

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