The PAN, PRI, and PRD

On Tuesday evening , we were able to have a chat with the three main political parties here in Mexico. Now dont worry, I am not going to go into much detail , because really I do not know much about politics here in Mexico or in the states. You are reading the words of the girl that up until she was able to vote , the only way i could figure out democrats and republicans was by knowing that President Clinton was democrat and George W. Bush was a Republican. True story. I couldnt figure out why everyone just couldnt get along. I understand it a little more now , and I understand that all issues are complicated and have two sides to the issue. That is just how life rolls and how it is suppose to be . If all parties were of the Dog party and believed that the only type of dog was a goldren retriever then it would be a boring world and I know many people including myself that like to take a stand on one side of the issue and only argue that side. Well actually , I like to hear both sides.

So anyhoo, this speaking thing I went to wasnt your normal gathering of the 3 major parties in a country , it was not the normal aged people you get when you talk to a political party. CEMAL only invited people that were under the age of 25 so that as students we were talking to the movers and shakers of each party that were around our age. I thought that was pretty cool. We had people from the PRD(the right) , the PRI (middle), and the PAN(the left). I am not putting politics or my views into this post for a change , but the PRD guy was totally annoying. He wouldnt answer anyones questions , and was just full of himself. The PRD is also the party that is in power in Mexico. This  is the party the currect President  sides with. But this PRD guy fit right into my view of this party. I feel the president is stuck up too, and is not getting anything done in this country. But anyhow , the PRI and the PAN people that spoke were very knowledgeable and I really enjoyed what they had to say. They talked about the new law allowing LGBT people to get married in Mexico city , and also talked about general politics. I found that the Right part, PRD, has the same views as the Republicans in the US of A and the Left , PAN, was very much liberal and had democratic views.

The one thing everyone agreed on was the new passage of the Arizona law with illegal immigration. Everyone thought that it was a stupid law and needs to be changed or challanged. This would have never happened in the US in my opinion. All three parties did not have an answer as to what the US and Mexico should do to make jobs in Mexico, but also if that is not possible allow people to cross into the United States to work. This is one of the only issues I have heard all parties agree on. Even though these people are from different parties and have different views , they can put those aside and see that there is no direct solution to the problem that Mexico is now facing with the passage of the Arizona Law.
I do find it interesting , that the president of Mexico issued a statement asking people not to visit Arizona and also to stop any trade with any business that is in Arizona.I also learned yesterday that Aeromexico, a large airplane company has suspended any flights to Arizona indefinately. Mexico as a whole is taking a stand, lets hope the United States is right behind them.