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Foxilandia is a critical term used in the Mexican political culture to make reference to the administration (2000–2006) of President Vicente Fox.
It was first used during the appearance of President Fox before the Congress of the Union in September 2004, in arguments by the opposition that Fox's vision of Mexico greatly differed from theirs. The connotation is that "Foxilandia", or Fox's vision, is impossible, unrealistic, a fantasy, while, in logical contrast, theirs would be balanced and realistic.
This term has been used by Vicente Fox in his radio program Fox Contigo ("Fox With You") Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and journalists from major newspapers in Mexico such as El Universal, La Jornada and Reforma. Foxilandia has also been used in political documentaries such as Aventuras en Foxilandia by Carlos Mendoza Aupetit, and Who is Mr. López by director Luis Mandoki and the film Un mundo maravilloso (2006) by film director Luis Estrada.
Foxilandia by Luis Mandoki
Chapter 14 of Luis Mandoki's Who is Mr. López documentary is titled "Foxilandia") journalists Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa, Jaime Avilés and professors Denise Dresser (Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, ITAM) and Lorenzo Meyer (Colegio de México, COLMEX) and news anchor Joaquín López-Dóriga contrast Fox's official declarations with reality as well as Fox's campaign promises and its results such as:
The term has also been used by Grupo Reforma to describe Fox's project of a library of his legacy in his hometown of San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato. The library however, will be a project that is closely modeled after presidential libraries in the United States, showcasing objects and documents important to the Fox presidency.