Mexico: From the PAN to the PRI—A Preview of the Next Sexenio

With:

Luis Carlos Ugalde
Director General
Integralia Consultores, and
Former president
Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE)

Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow
Senior Counselor
The Cohen Group, and
Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico

Manuel Suárez-Mier
Economist-in-Residence
School of International Service, American University, and
Former chief of staff to the governor
Bank of Mexico

Duncan Wood
Director, Mexico Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Now that Mexico's government has a new president and the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is back in power, where is the country headed?  Is it still on a reform and modernization track?  Or is it poised to return to habits of the old PRI?  President Enrique Peña Nieto has already made waves appointing a foreigner as a security adviser, announcing his intention to open Pemex to foreign investment, and launching a broadside against Mexico's powerful teachers' union.  Still, there are subtle signs in appointments and policy statements that old ways are not forgotten.  Four Mexico experts and keen observers give us a preview of what to expect.