Mexican Democracy’s Lost Years - NYTimes.com

Mexican Democracy’s Lost Years - NYTimes.com:

"Until a few weeks ago, a return of the PRI seemed a foregone conclusion; most polls showed the leftist Mr. López Obrador and the PAN candidate, Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota, battling for a distant second place behind Mr. Peña Nieto. But the late emergence of an energetic youth mobilization against Mr. Peña Nieto, combined with accusations of biased media coverage, have injected a note of passion and unpredictability into the campaign as his lead begins to erode. In other words, Mexico might have a race after all. With any luck, it will help keep the debate about the quality of Mexican democracy at the center of the agenda, whoever wins the presidency."

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