Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "On a campaign swing through the heart of her political stronghold, the first serious female contender for Mexico’s presidency didn’t fill a town square or the tables at a business luncheon.
After stumbling early in her campaign, Josefina Vazquez Mota is trying to mount a comeback but isn’t drawing the crowds or the energy that marked her nomination in February as the first woman to lead a major party in presidential elections. Her rival, Enrique Pena Nieto, has built a double-digit lead in the polls ahead of the July 1 vote, more than 20-percentage points in some." 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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