In the Mexican Labyrinth

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PAN=Religious Right Theocrats.

Can you name their "theocratic" policies?

They promise to expand public health insurance (including everyone born from now on) and are big on subsidizing home-ownership for the working class.  It's actually part of their Catholic "social consciousness". And, until just recently (this changed with liberalization in Mexico City), Mexico's least restrictive abortion legislation was in PAN-governed Yucatan.

Though, on personal level, there is a very strong very clerical segment in the party, this can't be denied. Deep in the panista heartland, there are quite some dinosaurs both in the ranks and in the lead.

PAN is the party of "liberation theology" - leftist theocracy.

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PAN=Religious Right Theocrats.

Can you name their "theocratic" policies?

They promise to expand public health insurance (including everyone born from now on) and are big on subsidizing home-ownership for the working class.  It's actually part of their Catholic "social consciousness". And, until just recently (this changed with liberalization in Mexico City), Mexico's least restrictive abortion legislation was in PAN-governed Yucatan.

Though, on personal level, there is a very strong very clerical segment in the party, this can't be denied. Deep in the panista heartland, there are quite some dinosaurs both in the ranks and in the lead.

PAN is the party of "liberation theology" - leftist theocracy.

Are they really? Well thats news to me. PAN seems like Mexico's version of the GOP or the Tories, very old fashioned and conservative. I like liberation theology though.

Not exclusively, of course. PAN has the closest ties to the Catholic church, and none of the Mexican parties could be rightfully characterized as anything but left-wing. I would argue that economically, PRI is more to the right than PAN, but this is more because PRI is full of corrupt officials in service to various corporations than because PRI's ideology is more left-wing.

PAN is also less leftist-theocratic than it was a few years ago because, while John Paul II was a strong advocate of liberation theology, Benedict XVI is an opponent of it.

[Verily]

PAN=Religious Right Theocrats.

Can you name their "theocratic" policies?

They promise to expand public health insurance (including everyone born from now on) and are big on subsidizing home-ownership for the working class.  It's actually part of their Catholic "social consciousness". And, until just recently (this changed with liberalization in Mexico City), Mexico's least restrictive abortion legislation was in PAN-governed Yucatan.

Though, on personal level, there is a very strong very clerical segment in the party, this can't be denied. Deep in the panista heartland, there are quite some dinosaurs both in the ranks and in the lead.

PAN is the party of "liberation theology" - leftist theocracy.

Are they really? Well thats news to me. PAN seems like Mexico's version of the GOP or the Tories, very old fashioned and conservative. I like liberation theology though.

Not exclusively, of course. PAN has the closest ties to the Catholic church, and none of the Mexican parties could be rightfully characterized as anything but left-wing. I would argue that economically, PRI is more to the right than PAN, but this is more because PRI is full of corrupt officials in service to various corporations than because PRI's ideology is more left-wing.

PAN is also less leftist-theocratic than it was a few years ago because, while John Paul II was a strong advocate of liberation theology, Benedict XVI is an opponent of it.

John Paul II an advocate of liberation theology? Are you kidding? JPII actually had the balls to go into SOuth America and tell those communists they were wrong.

Oy. Well, I guess I have a broader definition of liberation theology than you do.