Mexico: Can Cordero rise to the challenge?

	“When Cordero came into office he had two choices – to come in guns blazing, claiming he knows everything, or quietly get himself up to speed. He took the latter route and that is good”

Ernesto Cordero, Mexico’s new finance minister, has a difficult year ahead of him. He is facing pressure from the president to push through important political, tax and labour reforms and he also needs to stabilize Mexico’s economy and try to convince sceptics that he is sufficiently experienced.