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 July
1, 2006 Direction of Tourism, Oil Hangs
in Balance Ray Suarez weighs what the election of each candidate for
president of Mexico would mean to the United States and the rest of the world.
June
29, 2006 Reporter Explores Life Below Political
Fray As Sunday's election nears, Ray Suarez visits a poor neighborhood
in Mexico to get more perspectives on the presidential contest.    
June 28, 2006 Obrador
Seen as Both Savior and Demagogue Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has
touted himself as a champion of Mexico's poor, but his fiery anti-NAFTA rhetoric
has critics drawing comparisons to Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez.

      
June 27, 2006 PRI
Looks to Regain Political Influence The Revolutionary Institutional
Party lost its 70-year grip on power in 2000 with the election of Vicente Fox.
Now, the party is hoping to revive its legacy with the candidacy of Roberto Madrazo.

     

June 26, 2006 On
Mexico's Streets, Economic Issues Top Voter Concerns Mexican voters
appear split between two top candidates, Felipe Calderon of the ruling party and
the more leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, each of whom is promising widely
different strategies to raise the country out of poverty. 
     
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