Freedom House’s annual Freedom in the World survey was released yesterday, and found that 18 countries were on a downward trend compared to last year in terms of upholding political and civil liberties. One of them is a crucial US ally responsible for about $1.3 billion in daily trade and a recipient of $194 million in security assistance: Mexico, which shares a 1,900-mile border with the US. Mexico is a constitutional democracy and held a clean presidential election in 2012, won by Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate Enrique Pena Nieto. But the US’s southern neighbor has been listed as “partly free” …read more
Source: Business Insider
