Episode 9: The Power Structure and the Rules of the Game (Guest: Luis Rubio)

The Mexican economy continues to underperform and the country faces serious issues of public security and corruption. Moreover, the existing structure of power and system of privileges gives politicians incentives to favor the status quo, adding another layer to Mexico’s problems. In this episode Luis Rubio describes this power structure and discusses what the next president of Mexico can do about it. Luis Rubio is a nonresident fellow at the Baker Institute Mexico Center, the President of the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI), and the chairman of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution focusing on economic and political issues in Mexico. The Mexico Centered podcast is part of the Mexico Center's Mexico Election Resource Center, which is available at https://www.bakerinstitute.org/mexico-2018-election-resource-center/ The Resource Center seeks to provide information on Mexico’s 2018 election, including the parties, candidates and key issues, as well as in-depth analysis in order to inform a more comprehensive conversation on the election and its impact on the binational relationship. The Mexico Centered podcast is hosted by Enrique Quezada, graduate fellow at the Baker Institute Mexico Center.