Latin America: Economy and Society

After the rather mediocre presidential debate, life in Mexico has plunged into one of those moments when one can see how immature Mexican democracy is.
The debate, unlike what happens in other democratic societies, displayed at once, the stiffness and shallowness of our public life. Stiffness, because the underlying problems were left untouched, since each candidate had less than 30 minutes and there...

Just a few hours before the first presidential debate one should stop and think how we come to this date. It is hard to face it, but there are little or no expectations about what might happen in the debate. One of the most prestigious political marketing...

Mexico is at the end of the first third of the presidential campaign. It is time to measure what the candidates and their parties have done so far.
The worst performance of the electoral season comes from Josefina Vazquez Mota, the right-to-center candidate of the incumbent party. Her campaign has been marred since day one with the failed inauguration of her campaign at the Estadio Azul in Mexico...

It was easy to see it coming. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the left-to center Mexican presidential candidate is already in a virtual tie with Josefina Vázquez Mota. Actually, on Thursday, April 19, Mr Obrador took the second position in ISA-Milenio daily...