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...many Mexicans seemed willing to give the PRI's still robust political machine another shot at navigating hard times. Calderon has received high approval ratings for his military offensive against the cartels and his generally adept handling of this year's swine flu scare. Still, Mexico's terrifying narco-killing keeps reaching record levels, and the recession-racked economy, which depends inordinately on the U.S.'s economic health, may contract by almost 8% this year. Amidst it all, the PAN's good-government image has plummeted, as its leaders and elected officials seem to have traded their vision of reforming...
...which sparked an economic boom. After seven years in office, Uribe's approval rating stands at 68%, according to a recent Gallup poll. And if he's given the chance to run in the May 2010 election, several opinion surveys show Uribe mopping up. (See pictures from Colombia's narco underworld...
...Still, even for cash flush traffickers, these narco-tunnels are not small undertakings. The Otay Mesa tunnel could easily have cost more than a million dollars; several hundred truckloads would have been needed to carry away the excavated soil. Covert tunneling entails more security risks that cost extra to conceal. On top of that, US officials believe they caught the latest sophisticated tunnel soon after it came online...
...opposition for his resignation. But he's a reminder that if the PRI were to take federal power again, Washington would most likely be dealing with a less transparent, competent and cooperative government than Calderon's. Calderon has at least led a military offensive against powerful and violent narco-cartels - in contrast to the PRI's lingering reputation for cozying up to Mexico's drug lords. (See pictures from the war on Mexico's drug lords in Juarez...
...positives have come out this, says Conroy, who has gone back to making a living as a lawyer in Los Angeles. "The military patrols have cut down on carjackings and their presence has slowed real estate sales," she says. "You can thank the narco wars for preventing more Americans from losing all their money in bad Mexican real estate deals...