Aziz Nassif at Halftime

Alberto Aziz Nassif's column from Tuesday had a pitch-perfect description of modern Mexico under Felipe Calderón:

Exactly three years ago today the government of Felipe Calderón began with great societal polarization and then a severe electoral conflict. The first half of his term has been extremely difficult, but this year has taken us to the extreme and, maybe, could go down in history as a period in which various crises simultaneously tangled a knot that will be very hard to undo: economic crisis, A H1N1 flu, drought, security crisis. At the same time, the country continues working, there were institutional elections, the chambers of Congress were in session, despite the incapacity of many of its legislators to think of the country before their immediate interests. There is a strange mix of crisis and normality.

I couldn't agree more, especially with the last line. His finish is worth repeating also:

Without a doubt, we have arrived at the halfway point of the administration in very difficult conditions, with a poorly evaluated government and very pessimistic predictions about the immediate future. There are three more years that promise to be difficult and with an uncertain outcome, as much for the country as for the government. We will see what happens with the announcement of the reforms that Calderón propose.