Thursday, June 28, 2012

Mexico Goes To the Polls This Sunday, But The Drug War Continues

Election campaigning draws a close in Mexico. According to some estimates 500,000 people marched through the streets of the capital to support Mexico City's former mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Chris Arsenault/Al Jazeera

Amid Violent Drug War, Mexicans to Choose New President -- Voice of America

MEXICO CITY - Mexican voters go to the polls Sunday to choose a new president in the midst of a drug war that has cost more than 50,000 lives in the past six years. Opinion polls indicate voters hope to reduce crime and give the economy a boost by electing the candidate of the party that dominated the country for more than 70 years, often with a heavy hand. Critics say that would lead to more corruption and authoritarianism.

Campaigning around Mexico came to a close with lots of noise..

Ruling party candidate Josefina Vasquez Mota is upbeat, even though she trails in the polls.

Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is also behind in the polls, but claims they are wrong.

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More News On Mexico's Presidential Election

Mexico election: Presidential candidates end campaigns -- BBC
Campaigning ends in Mexico election -- Al Jazeera
A glance at Sunday’s national election in Mexico -- Washington Post/AP
Mexico's Pena Nieto promises jobs, has big poll lead -- Reuters
A heart-throb, a leftist and a lady: Mexico's election -- Reuters
Pena Nieto Poised to Return Mexico’s Once-Lofty PRI to Power -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Party of "perfect dictatorship" set for comeback in Mexico -- Reuters
Q&A: Mexico elections -- BBC

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