What are the current political issues happing in Mexico?

Answer 1

Currently, there are no issues directly related to population. Mexico has reached the Stage 3 of demographic transition, meaning there is a decline in the Birth Rate (now 40% lower than its pre-transition levels) and a steadily aging population.

Following current population trends, Mexico may reach a population of 216 million by the end of 2100.

Answer 2

Competitiveness: Even if Mexico has addressed competitiveness issues by improving its labor and fiscal laws, it still faces huge challenges when competing against the BRIC bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China) for economic opportunities, markets and foreign investment from developed countries. As an example, in terms of competitiveness (2013), Mexico is ranked in the 53rd spot, out of 144 countries. For comparison purposes, Brazil, Russia, India and China are on the 48th, 67th, 59th and 29th spots, respectively.

Corruption: Rampant corruption among public officers. Also, due to the war on drugs, there are high levels of corruption among police and armed forces, specially when dealing against drug cartels. This process has been known as "plata o plomo" (silver or lead) meaning the drug cartels threaten security officials to either accept bribes or be killed by the cartels' operatives.

Answer 3

Drug trafficing, polital corruption