'Americans don't want having communism right next door"
They have had it for years but don't know it.
The PRI is basicly communist without attaching the name.
I was in La Paz in the 70s and couldn't get a flight home because all reservations had been canceled to accomadate the PRI convention reps. It was really pretty scarry with the PRI reps running around town waving MAO's little red book.
The government runs like communism where 51% or more of all basic industries are owned by the government and production and commerce is controled by supply and/or restrictions. All basic imports are controled as to what and who can import and nothing, including people, move in Mexico without Mexico City knowing about it.
The Fox in sheep's clothing, as it were?