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The 'Mexican spring:' A new student movement stirs in Mexico

#YoSoy132, a burgeoning student movement in Mexico, is calling for citizens to demand more of their politicians and institutions.
This is a debate? Mexico's presidential face-off a scripted affair.

Mexico's presidential debate was highly structured and scripted last night, leaving little room for candid conversation on important policies like security and education.
Security 'quagmire' for Mexican presidential candidates

Many Mexicans are weary of the sharp rise in violence that has accompanied Calderón's military-led strategy against drug traffickers. So why aren't presidential hopefuls offering alternatives?
Latin America Monitor
Violence in a 'world of children': Can video shock Mexico into action?

A new video that depicts kids living a gritty life in the adult world – including muggings, corruption, and drug violence – has shocked Mexicans who normally are inured to crime, a blogger writes.
Mexico presidential campaign: Off to a good start

The two frontrunners in the Mexican presidential campaign now talk of reforming the state oil monopoly, Pemex. It's a sign of Mexico's hopeful future, despite the drug wars.
A woman as Mexico's president?

On Sunday, the ruling party nominated Josefina Vazquez Mota to be the first woman candidate for president from a major Mexican party. Would she instill rule of law and sustain the fight against drug cartels?
Latin America Monitor
Woman to head major party ticket in Mexico

Josefina Vazquez Mota was selected as Mexico's ruling National Action Party (PAN) candidate for the upcoming presidential election. She is Mexico's first female presidential candidate from a major political party.
The 'wind rush': Green energy blows trouble into Mexico

Green energy's big success is a rude awakening in the isthmus of Mexico.
Global News Blog
2011 Reflections: the end of a landmark year for Latin America

Seven Monitor correspondents reflect on the world's hot spots. In this installment, Sara Miller Llana says Latin America has economically boomed this year as the US and Europe struggle.
Latin America Monitor
Can Mexican presidential candidate avoid 'Rick Perry' slump after books fumble?

Enrique Peña Nieto, the frontrunner in Mexico's presidential race, fumbled a question about which books most influenced him. And like Rick Perry's similar gaffe, Peña Nieto's stumble may cost him.
Cover Story
Mexico drug war casualty: Citizenry suffers post-traumatic stress

Outwardly, life seems normal; but as drug war kidnappings, extortion, and violence brush closer to the average citizen, experts say, the mental terrain looks like post-traumatic stress.
Latin America Monitor
Calderón administration slams Mexico's state governments for spiraling debt

Ahead of next year's presidential race, Mexico's ruling party is touting fiscal responsibility since most indebted states are run by the opposition, but unlike in the US, most voters don't seem to care.
Mexico's PRI party 'dinosaurs' roar back to life

Sunday's gubernatorial victory for PRI, which ran Mexico for 71 years with a heavy hand before being ousted in 2000, makes it a clear favorite ahead of 2012 presidential polls.
Latin America Monitor
Release of former Tijuana mayor compounds Mexico's judicial credibility problem

Tuesday's release of Jorge Hank Rhon after being held on gun charges is a blow to a government that can't seem to make charges against organized crime stick, writes guest blogger Steven Dudley.
Latin America Monitor
Mexico's political parties pledge to 'guard' candidates from corruption

Ahead of elections in the state of Michoacan, candidates are trying to present themselves as cleaner than their rivals – a possible bellwether of how corruption will figure as an issue in the 2012 presidential elections.
Democracy's demise in Latin America: Ecuador on brink of a 'perfect dictatorship'

If voters approve Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's proposals in the May 7 referendum vote, he will be allowed to designate judges and magistrates, and the remaining independent media will come under his authority. He will have established a 'perfect dictatorship' in Ecuador.
Drug violence mars Mexico election

Voters brave enough to cast ballots for governors amid gruesome drug violence in the run-up to Sunday's Mexico election helped the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to win nine states handily.
After elections, will Mexico's drug war return opposition to power?

On July 4, Mexico holds elections for governorships in 12 states. Some polls show that the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) – which ruled Mexico for seven decades – could win every state. Could Mexico's drug war unseat President Felipe Calderón and put the PRI back in power?
Rodolfo Torre Cantu assassination: Why are drug cartels killing Mexican candidates?

Mexican gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre Cantu, the leading PRI candidate in Tamaulipas state, was gunned down Monday by suspected drug cartel hitmen. President Felipe Calderon says the drug lords are interfering with Mexico's election process.
Mexico manhunt for missing politician Diego Fernandez de Cevallos

Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a top member of Mexico's ruling party, was declared missing over the weekend after authorities found his car with 'signs of violence.' It comes as drug cartels are increasingly targeting top leaders.
Mexico's La Familia cartel offers truce

After killing a dozen Mexican police, Michoacán drug organization goes on TV to proclaim it wants 'peace' and a 'national pact.' The government declines.
Mexico's ruling party loses ground in midterm election

A sluggish economy and raging drug war shook confidence in President Calderón's party.
Mexico considers 'ban' on street children

New law would require officials to move street kids into schools or other programs – or face a $420-per-child fine.
US legislation will stop Mexican truckers at the border

The spending bill Obama signed Wednesday eliminates a program that let some drivers deliver goods in the US.
Two years after its launch, Mexicans question President Calderón's drug war

Drug-trafficking deaths have skyrocketed by more than 117 percent in 2008.