Dudley Althaus: Mexican President Pena Nieto's Plethora of Pain Dudley Althaus - GlobalPost
go to original September 3, 2013

MEXICO CITY — Freshman Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto might be forgiven if he's wandering the halls of power these days humming the notes to “Dust in the Wind,” that aging ode to existential angst.

“I close my eyes ... only for a moment, and the moment's gone,” sighs the late 1970s dirge by the band Kansas. “All my dreams ... pass before my eyes a curiosity.”

This was to be Mexico's moment — and by extension the new president's. Everyone said so: Peña Nieto, and his aides, boosters both domestic and foreign.

Renewed business confidence and investment were to pump the economy to new highs. A deal forged with opposition party leaders would trot long-delayed reforms through congress. Greater intelligence, muffled media coverage and less meddling from Washington were going to calm the country, consigning six years of drug war carnage to history.

Things so far haven't played out that way.

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