BBC: As Mexico's presidential race enters its home stretch towards the vote on 1 July, the issue of drug-related violence has not, as widely expected, dominated the campaign.
Many analysts believed that the drug war that has resulted in more than 50,000 deaths since 2006 would be the issue of the election.
Although the candidates have made frequent reference to the need to improve public safety and to reduce violence levels, it has been one issue among many. 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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