From our special correspondent in Mexico City
The figure is official. Mexican GDP in 2009 dropped by 6.5%, is one of the steepest declines in the OECD. What has become a rising star in Latin America? On the world economic map, Mexico, thirteenth largest by gross domestic product (GDP), is overshadowed by Brazil. The two countries share the same advantages, however: young and large population, oil wealth and agricultural, industrial potential … and the same disadvantages: clientelism and corruption, social inequality and crime records.
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