Dear Friends and Readers, Our Americas Program team is coming off a hectic couple of weeks observing and writing on the Mexican elections. You can find much of our coverage here. The Mexican elections reminded the world that Latin America has become a point of reference for issues of: the drug war and its costs, [...]
Current Election Coverage It’s been a whirlwind week for the Americas Program, writing on the Mexican elections before, during and after. This post provides on-the-scene accounts of voting day from Oaxaca, Mexico City and Mexico State, as well as an in-depth analysis of what it all means by Americas Program director, Laura Carlsen. It has [...]
With one week until the Mexican presidential elections, thousands of people turned out for the third large march against Enrique Peña Nieto, candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in a demonstration organized by the student movement “Yo Soy 132” and pro-democracy and human rights organizations.
Americas Program “A New World of Citizen Action, Analysis, and Policy Options” www.cipamericas.org Dear Readers, We’ve been struggling to keep the Americas Program going over the past years. It’s been a sacrifice made possible by scores of people volunteering their time, energy and talent to the project. But we’re at the point where we can’t [...]
