Mexico’s presidential election produced a contradictory outcome: There was a clear-cut victory for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for 70 years until 2000; a resounding defeat for the candidate of the outgoing National Acti
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Ready for a return of Mexico’s nemesis, Enrique Pena Nieto
ON July 1, Mexico will in all likelihood vote the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled the country for seven decades, back into power. The PRI’s candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, holds an insurmountable lead late in the campaign. Many Mexican
Retour de la Nemesis au Mexique
Le 1er juillet, le Mexique votera très probablement en faveur du retour au pouvoir du Parti Révolutionnaire Institutionnel (PRI) qui a dirigé le pays pendant soixante dix ans. Le candidat du PRI, Enrique Peña Nieto, a dernièrement pris une très nette avan
The Return of Mexico’s Nemesis
On July 1, Mexico will in all likelihood vote the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled the country for seven decades, back into power. The PRI’s candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, holds an insurmountable lead late in the campaign.
Don’t fear a PRI win in Mexico/06/23/12
Much has changed in the 12 years since the party lost power. A victory won’t bring back authoritarian ways.
Mexico Can Survive a New President
Many fear the likely return to power ofthe PRI, but the country has changed
According to most polls, it is now virtually certain that on July 1, Mexico will bring the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) back to the presidency, after 12 years in opposi
The summit of muted intentions
The Summit of the Americas, which takes place roughly every three years, could be viewed as the sort of Latin American boondoggle that convenes heads of state for a few days, either south or north of the Rio Grande, to make endless speeches that lead nowh
Is Hugo Chávez In Terminal Decline?
Hug o Chávez w ill be returning soon to Caracas after undergoing cancer surgery in Havana. It will not be an easy homecoming. Last year, the Venezuelan President had two operations in Cuba to remove a “baseball size” cancerous tumor in the pelvic-abdomina
The New Wave in Latin America
From Brazil to El Salvador, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from Chile to Venezuela, left-of-center or hard-left parties and leaders have recently been voted into office.
Torture surges in Mexico’s drug war, rights group says
Human rights activists accused Mexico’s military and police Wednesday of engaging in widespread torture, including the use of cattle prods and waterboarding, in President Felipe Calderon’s …