Politics Jul 27 Romney’s Trip Abroad: Campaign Peril or Credential Maker? Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at 10 Downing Street in London, on July 26, 2012. Photo By David Bebber/ AFP/ Getty Images. Mitt Romney's folks were feeling pretty sure of themselves Tuesday evening…
World Jul 03 Mexico’s President-Elect: Legalization Should Be Part of Drug Strategy Debate MEXICO CITY | The president-elect of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, said Tuesday Mexico should have a debate about legalizing and regulating the sale of drugs here, an approach advocated by some other Latin American leaders to take marijuana sale profits…
World Jul 01 Why Mexico’s Ruling Party Seems Headed for Defeat Margaret Warner interviews voter Judith Cordova at polling site Sunday. Photos by Morgan Till/NewsHour. MEXICO CITY | If you want to know why President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party, PAN, is going to lose today, just ask 53-year-old divorcee Judith…
World Jun 28 Where Frontrunner Pena Nieto Might Take Mexico’s Drug War Military police stand guard at the scene of a murder in Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Mexico's presidential candidates have offered so few specifics about the No. 1 issue to voters -- how to tame the grisly violence…
World Jun 20 The Mexican People’s Dilemma in Drug War Is Next President’s, Too MEXICO CITY — I wandered into an artsy jewelry shop Tuesday afternoon in Pedragal, an upscale neighborhood in Mexico City. I left not only with a sparkly gift for a friend, but with deeper and more troubling understanding of the…
World Jun 18 The Most Important Presidential Race You Haven’t Heard About Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife telenovela actress Angelica Rivera Hurtado at a rally in Atlacomulco, Mexico. Photo by Morgan Till for the PBS NewsHour. ATLACOMULCO, Mexico | Enrique Pena Nieto, the telegenic front-runner in the Mexican presidential race, waded…
World Mar 04 Despite Allegations of Fraud, Russia’s Voters Demand to Be Counted // Updated at 5 p.m. ET: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election in Russia. Exit polls showed him receiving 58-59 percent of the vote based on exit polls cited by state television, reported the Associated…
World Feb 29 Influential Russian Blogger: Opposition ‘Will Not Recognize…Election Results’ // MOSCOW | Russian blogger Alexei Navalny, who has emerged as one of the most potent new figures opposing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's bid to regain the presidency, said he and many others in the opposition will not accept…
World Feb 27 Russia Dispatch: Hand-in-Hand Against Putin’s Presidency Bid Protesters, including blogger Alexei Navalny (center), form a human chain in Moscow. Photo by Margaret Warner/PBS NewsHour. MOSCOW | Snow fell steadily all day, large fat flakes and light airy ones, but that didn't deter the thousands of Russians who…
World Feb 15 Author Beppe Severgnini on What Makes Italians Tick During Crisis Italian author Beppe Severgnini and Margaret Warner in Crema, Italy. On our recent foray to Germany and Italy to explore the political and social dimensions of the European debt crisis, one person we felt we had to see to…