When the momentum for open market falters, the world can easily slide backward.

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He doesn't want the world to ever slide backward.

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But Ford continued to slide backward.

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Bogotanos blame this backward slide on their mayor, Samuel Moreno, a populist from the left-wing Democratic Pole party.

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Since then, it's been a bit of a backward slide, say experts.

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