Perhaps that's a leading question, let me rephrase it. Why is Mexico such a stinkhole of a country?
Felipe was a member of Mexico’s PAN party which is economically conservative, as apposed to socialist or leftist like the party that ran mexico for most all of the 20th century.
While obviously he can’t directly answer your question he would proably say that most of Mexico’s economic problems are a result of Mexico’s Government both presently(due to remaining economically repressive & corrupt policies) and most particularly historically(As under Socialist- leftist corrupt & economic repression Mexico never developed the competitive free market we have).
Leftist Mexicans and their vindictive race-bating American supporters on the other hand of course blame all of Mexico’s problems on some capitalist force. If that were true Mexico would not now be making a recovery under NAFTA. Of course Mexico will never equal the USA in property until either the US is dragged by leftist to adopt the same or worse economically repressive politics or Mexico abandons those economically repressive politics. Even then It will take generations.