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Poverty in Mexico - Why is there no EU-like North (and Middle) American Union?

Asked by mattbrowne (31732points) June 7th, 2009

Sure there are NAFTA and DR-CAFTA and approaches like FTAA, but all of those are about trade, not politics and solidarity. There is no North (and Middle) American Parliament like the one in Europe with elections being held right now. If we compare examples like Spain and Portugal to Mexico it makes me wonder why is this so. Why is there so much poverty in a country right next to the richest country in the world? The richer countries in Europe have supported the poorer countries in Europe for many decades so that some of the poorer ones are actually now among the richer ones. There’s mutual benefit. What about the Americas?

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