New World Order - Mexico

Population: 112 million

Area: 1.9 million km²

GDP: $ 1.2 trillion

GDP (per capita): $ 11,100

Economic Growth: 5.5%

Democracy? Yes

Mexico is the third largest economy in North America, behind the USA and Canada and the 14^th largest economy in the world. With a population of 112 million and a booming economy, Mexico should be on track to become a global power, but the fate of Mexico is uncertain. Drug cartels pose a major threat to the stability of the country, since the government crackdown on drugs began in 2006, 55,000 people have been estimated to have been killed. The only region thought of to still be safe is the tourist region around Cancún, and even that is now being threatened. Although cracking down on drug cartels was a necessity if the country is ever to move into the tier of highly influential states, in doing so the Mexican economy has been severely hampered. The country has been completely torn apart by the Drug War, which is far from over.

Mexico has a well-established infrastructure, with over 116,000 km of paved roads. Railways, although they are good, could do with a lot of improving. In fact something that could be done that would improve the whole of the region would be a railroad stretching from the USA in the north, to Brazil in the south. This would allow for the easy transport of goods through Mexico and would significantly improve the region’s outlook.

Mexico has a big advantage over the other rising nations; it has a long border with the world’s richest country, the USA. This makes trade with the USA very easy for Mexico and allows for the quick and easy movement of goods and people.

The Mexican Drug Cartels pose a major threat to the development of Mexico