USA Today: "Critics of the front-runner in Mexico's presidential election say his record as a governor is full of examples of poor leadership, including his oversight of a police force that searched nine days for a missing girl who was dead in her bedroom the entire time.
That and other alleged faults in Enrique Peña Nieto's past will never be mentioned in radio or TV ads during the campaign leading up to the election July 1.
Negative ads are banned under Mexico's constitution, along with announcements over the airwaves on political topics paid for by private individuals or groups.
Though some in the USA decry negative political advertising, critics of the ban in Mexico say it puts contenders to the front-runners at a disadvantage and deprives voters of information." read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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