Introduction to the Study of Mexican Foreign Policy by Rafael Velazquez Flores and Jorge Schiavon

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~In the early years of Mexican independence, making foreign policy decisions was complicated by conflict between conservatives and liberals. The country also suffered from foreign interventions and territorial losses. For these reasons, there was no formal decision-making process

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~It wasn’t until the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940) that Mexico began to enjoy political stability and have structured and institutional international relations.

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~The Mexican Congress is supposed to act as the supervisor which exercises control over the executive in matters of foreign policy. But in reality, since the PRI regimes, the legislature has been subordinate to the head of state.

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~The Mexican Constitution gives Congress ample powers to participate indirectly in the preparation and formulation of foreign policy. However, in practice it has not been this way. The Congress has still never been established as a real factor in foreign policy.

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~There has only been one instance where the Senate has rejected an international treaty, which was the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement with Japan during the presidency of Felipe Calderon in 2010.

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