REUTERS/WIN MCNAMEEPresident Clinton at a 1993 NAFTA signing ceremony
This past winter both the outgoing director of the CIA and a separate Pentagon report declared political instability in Mexico to be on a par with Pakistan and Iran as top-ranking threats to US national security. It was an exaggeration; Mexico is not yet a “failed state.” On the other hand, it is certainly drifting in that direction.
The NAFTA Disaster: Mexico 15 Years Later – Jeff Faux, The Nation
