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 Editorials | At Issue
Disputed Election Troubles Mexicans
 Kevin G. Hall
The fate of Mexico's hotly contested presidential election is in the hands of a special electoral court, which must declare a winner. But for many Mexicans, that result, no matter who wins, amounts to a stain on the country's young and fragile democracy.more »»»
Politics Aside, It’s Business as Usual for Mexican Business
 Elisabeth Malkin
Mexico’s political class is riveted by every twist in the country’s contested presidential election. But Wall Street has already moved on.more »»»
New Role for Mexico's Once-Mighty PRI
 Sara Miller Llana
Whether the slim win of conservative Felipe Calderon is certified by an electoral court or leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ends up ahead after his legal challenge runs its course, Mexico's disputed July 2 election has already become a tale of a polarized nation split along regional, class, and, now, party lines.more »»»
U.S. Mexicans Faced Problems Voting in Tijuana
 Luis Alonso Pérez
The severe shortage of ballots and overall slowness of the voting process caused frustration and discontent among Mexicans living in the United States who crossed the border last weekend to vote in one of 18 special voting centers in Tijuana.more »»»
Would the Left Be Better for Mexico?
 Mark Weisbrot
With the news last Thursday that conservative Felipe Calderón was declared the winner in Mexico's presidential election, the leaders of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment no doubt quietly toasted their good fortune.more »»»
Novak: Rove Confirmed Plame's Identity
 CNN
US political adviser Karl Rove was one of Robert Novak's sources for the 2003 disclosure of a CIA operative's identity, the syndicated columnist wrote Tuesday. Novak said Rove confirmed information from another source, whose identity Novak is still keeping under wraps.more »»»
Protests Gather Steam in Support of Mexican Leftist
 Frank Jack Daniel
Several thousand Mexican leftists marched on the capital on Wednesday to protest what they say was vote fraud in a presidential election that has divided the nation between left and right.more »»»
Mexico "Perched on a Powder Keg"
 Lance Selfa
Socialist Worker's Lance Selfa looks at the battle over Mexico’s disputed 2006 presidential election and what that means the future may hold, and Shane Dillingham reports from Mexico City on last weekend’s mass demonstration in defense of democracy.more »»»
Could Bush Be Prosecuted for War Crimes?
 Jan Frel
While the United States is a country like any other, its citizens no more special than any others on the planet, Americans still react with surprise at the suggestion that their country could be held responsible for something as heinous as a war crime.more »»»
Problems Cast a Shadow on Tourism Investments
 Carlos Veranda
Hotel owners and tourism project developers look at the future of this business in Mexico with optimism due to the growing number of tourists worldwide. Nonetheless, some clouds have appeared in the horizon over the last few months that could change this perspective.more »»»
Contender Alleges Mexico Vote Was Rigged
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Downtown Mexico City swelled Saturday with the accumulated frustration and rage of the poor, who were stoked into a sign-waving, fist-pumping frenzy by new fraud allegations that failed populist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador hopes will overturn the results of Mexico's presidential election.more »»»
Mexico 2006: Florida All Over Again?
 Eliza Barclay
Members of Mexico's losing leftist party are invoking America's recent electoral scandals to convince the world that last Sunday's presidential election was fixed. more »»»
Takin' It to the Streets
 Mark Stevenson
Thousands of defiant supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took to the streets Saturday in a bid to overturn his narrow election defeat, launching protests that threatened to widen Mexico's regional and class divisions.more »»»
Sex is Essential, Kids Aren't
 David P. Barash
The German public was recently shocked to learn that 30% of "their" women are childless — the highest proportion of any country in the world. And this is not a result of infertility; it's intentional childlessness.more »»»
Previous Rulings May Serve as a Clue
 Union-Tribune
On what grounds could the Mexican election results be changed or overturned? Cases involving the 2004 mayor's race in Mexicali and the 2000 Tabasco governor's race could provide some clues.more »»»
Mexico's Divided Politics
 Daniel Lak
The internal conflicts of democracy were highlighted in Mexico this week as a free election - only the second in Mexican history - produced a historic result but left the country bitterly divided on political lines.more »»»
Mexican Voters Play it Safe with Calderon
 Julie Watson
Felipe Calderon won Mexico's presidential election not because of who he is, but because of who he isn't. After peacefully ushering in democracy only six years ago, many Mexicans were not ready to shake up the status quo and flip the country on its head with a leftist leader who promised to put its nearly 50 million poor first.more »»»
Fallen Soldier Gets a Bronze Star but No Pagan Star
 Alan Cooperman
At the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the small town of Fernley, Nev., there is a wall of brass plaques for local heroes. But one space is blank. There is no memorial for Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart.more »»»
Docs Reveal Plan for Mexican Trucks in U.S.
 Jerome R. Corsi
Despite claims to the contrary, a planned Midwest "inland port" with a Mexican customs office will not be restricted to railroad traffic, according to internal documents obtained by WorldNetDaily.more »»»
Near-Tie Election Deepens Mexico’s Crisis
 Rafael Azul
No clear winner has emerged from the July 2 presidential election in Mexico. Officials of Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) refused to declare a victor until all ballots are counted this week.more »»»
Mexico Election Vote Count Began Under Cloud of Uncertainty
 Mark Weisbrot
The credibility of Mexico's electoral process was thrown into question on Tuesday morning when the head of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Luis Carlos Ugalde, acknowledged that as many as 4 million votes had not been counted in the preliminary vote count that began after the polls closed on Sunday.more »»»
Doctors See Way to Cut Suffering in Executions
 Denise Grady
A flood of lawsuits challenging lethal injection as cruel and unusual has stalled executions in some states and may prompt others to abandon them. And a recent US Supreme Court ruling made it easier for death-row prisoners to file such suits.more »»»
Mexico Braces for Legal Battles as Presidential Candidate Demands Recount
 Patrick Moser
Mexico braced for what could be a lengthy legal battle reminiscent of the 2000 US election, as a leftist presidential candidate demanded a recount of results that gave his rival a razor-thin victory.more »»»
A Mature Democracy or More Fraud? Mexicans Divided
 Catherine Bremer
A cliffhanger presidential vote and rival claims of victory have split Mexicans into two camps: those who believe in their young democracy and others who fear the bad old days of fraud are not yet gone.more »»»
Inconclusive Election Tests Mexico
 Julie Watson
Mexico's young democracy faced its greatest test yet Monday as the pro-business Felipe Calderon declared himself president-elect with a 400,000-vote advantage. His leftist rival alleged ballot irregularities and pledged to use all "legal means" to challenge the apparent outcome.more »»»
More Couples Choose to Wed Their Way
 Daniel de Vise
Catholic priests are performing half as many marriages today as in 1970, the year Cynthia Gonzalez was born. And she is part of the reason.more »»»
Mexico's Left Turn
 Mark Engler
Less than three days remain before Mexican voters go to the polls, and a neck-and-neck presidential race is set to determine whether the wave of electoral victories for Latin American progressives will wash ashore far enough to lap at the toes of Texas.more »»»
On a Peaceful Election Day Across Mexico, Growing Signs of a Maturing Democracy
 Ginger Thompson
If Mexico is a young democracy, it looked much older than its age during the uncertain presidential elections on Sunday. Thousands of striking teachers in the southern state of Oaxaca postponed their protests to leave the polling places clear for voters.more »»»
Stealing It in Front of Your Eyes
 Matt Pascarella & Greg Palast
As in Florida in 2000, as in Ohio in 2004, the exit polls show the voters voted for the progressive candidate, but the race is "officially" too close to call. But they will call it - after they steal it.more »»»
Mexican Yuppies Fear Star Leader with Poor Under His Spell
 Tony Allen-Mills
The newly prosperous middle class is worried that an openly left-wing radical candidate for president will sweep to victory, writes Tony Allen-Mills in Mexico City.more »»»
NAFTA's Future Could be Riding on Mexican Vote
 Alan Freeman
When Mexico's 71.7 million registered voters go to the polls tomorrow, they will be deciding not only on their president for the next six years but perhaps on the direction of the North American free-trade agreement.more »»»
Many See Fox's Opportunity as Unfulfilled
 Traci Carl
Six years after his astonishing victory ended 71 years of one-party rule, many people see Vicente Fox as the president who squandered a golden opportunity to turn Mexico around.more »»»
Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway
 Jerome R. Corsi
Quietly but systematically, the Bush Administration is advancing the plan to build a huge NAFTA Super Highway, four football-fields-wide, through the heart of the U.S. along Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Tex., to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minn. more »»»
Mexico's Election Pits Promise Against Fear
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
Mexico's polarizing presidential campaign ended officially on Wednesday and, with four days to go before the vote, it has come down to a contest between a gritty, charismatic advocate for the poor and a well-educated technocrat.more »»»
Prescription Drug Scams
 Dean Baker
The New York Times had an excellent story this week about how drug and medical supply companies make large contributions to charitable foundations run by physicians. To the casual observer, these contributions look like kickbacks, given in exchange for doctors writing prescriptions for their products and also publishing favorable research findings.more »»»
Will Mexico Veer Left in Upcoming Vote?
 Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
As Mexico's July 2 election approaches, the race has tightened between two candidates with sharply different views, illuminating a yawning ideological divide among Mexican voters.more »»»
Chávez's Image Becomes Tool for Attack in Mexican Presidential Race
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Hugo Chávez is not running for president of Mexico. But some days it's been hard to tell. The Venezuelan president's face has been all over Mexican television at critical stages in this country's bitter mudfest of a presidential race.more »»»
A Call to Investigate the 2004 US Election
 Steven F. Freeman & Joel Bleifuss
We've all heard the story. Nov. 2, 2004, was shaping up as a day of celebration for Democrats. The exit polls were predicting a victory for Senator John Kerry. But the counts that were being reported on TV bore little resemblance to the exit poll projections.more »»»
Mexican Election Could Give US a Leftist Neighbor
 Patrick Moser
Mexicans will vote this Sunday in elections that could dash Washington's hopes of seeing Latin America's leftward trend reversed, with a leftist former mayor holding a thin lead over his conservative rival. more »»»
Mexican Candidates Must Address Murders of Women
 infoZine
The candidates in Mexico's July 2 presidential elections should publicly pledge to prevent and punish the mutilation and murder of women in Mexico, Human Rights Watch, V-Day and 65 other civil society groups said in an open letter published today.more »»»
Mexican Rivals Have Different World Views
 Julie Watson
While both front-runners in the July 2 election agree on building close U.S. ties and pushing for immigration reform, their visions for Mexico's role in the world are vastly different.more »»»
Dirty Politics 'Ingrained' in Mexico
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
The death of one-party rule in Mexico promised a new era of cleaner elections. But two studies suggest that the first presidential contest since Vicente Fox ended the Institutional Revolutionary Party's seven-decade hold on power in 2000 may be tainted by many of the same coercive tactics that marred previous balloting.more »»»
Mexico Awaits Next President, Departure From the Crossroads
 Traci Carl
In the final week of campaigning — amid the attack ads, high-octane rhetoric and streets blitzed with election banners — voters are torn evenly between Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a leftist who offers himself as a savior of the poor; and Felipe Calderon, a conservative who trusts the markets to keep living standards rising.more »»»
Mexico Election Could Alter Voting Divide
 Will Weissert
In Mexico, as in much of the world, how you vote often depends on where you live. But the July 2 presidential election could redraw the political map.more »»»
Deciphering the Worth of Mexican Polls
 Sean Mattson
When a poll doesn't show Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in first place in the race for the Mexican presidency, the fiery leftist says it must have been cuchareada — which means, roughly, a fantasy summoned by the dark forces that conspire against him.more »»»
Teacher Strike May Influence Mexican Vote
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
What started as a teachers' strike here five weeks ago has grown into a major movement to oust the governor of Oaxaca State that could affect the presidential election on July 2.more »»»
Mexico Election Could Put Leftist on US Doorstep
 Alistair Bell
Uneasy at election victories by leftists in Latin America, the United States may soon feel the region's wave of change lapping up against its southern border if a former indigenous welfare officer wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2.more »»»
A Long, Hot 'Season of Death'
 Marc Cooper
Back at home, the TV news has been speculating over what sort of weather catastrophes the summer months might bring to an already battered Gulf Coast. But here, in this grimy desert town 65 miles south of the Arizona border, no one has to guess about what sort of horrors are in store. They're already happening.more »»»
A Death Sentence US Courts Can't Seem to Live With
 Lianne Hart
Ellen May was 9 years old when Johnny Paul Penry was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of her beloved aunt, Pamela Moseley Carpenter. With the punishment decided, May waited for the day that would be Penry's last. Twenty-six years later, she's still waiting.more »»»
Mexico Voters Unimpressed by Opposite Candidates
 S. Lynne Walker
Six years after Mexico ended the 71-year reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, by voting Vicente Fox into the presidency, this young democracy finds itself at a crossroads.more »»»
Mexicans Enjoy Fruits of Their U.S. Labor
 Ioan Grillo
Clementina Arellano grew up with her six brothers in a shack in a dusty Mexican hamlet. Now 42, she's raising her sons in a spacious, 10-room mansion with Roman-style pillars at the doorway and a garden full of flowers and singing birds.more »»»
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