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… By Margaret Warner
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World Jul 02 Watch In Selecting Pena Nieto, Mexico Reinstates Party That Ruled Most of Last Century Mexican voters seeking a change elected Enrique Pena Nieto, whose party ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century, as president. He promised his administration would not be a return to a more authoritarian past.
World Jul 01 In Mexico, Voters Hope for More Security, Economic Rewards On Sunday, Mexicans cast their votes for president with many expressing hopes that a new leader will be able to control drug-related violence in the country and help more areas reap the rewards of a stabilizing economy. By Larisa Epatko
Jul 01 Why Mexico’s Ruling Party Seems Headed for Defeat By Margaret Warner 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… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch Mexican Photographer Captures Shades of Juarez From our series of reports in Mexico, photographer and Juarez resident Julian Cardona speaks with Margaret Warner about how the border city is struggling with violent criminal cartels. Continue watching
Jun 29 Photographing Juarez, Where Everyday Life Can Include Gang Violence By Larisa Epatko For more than two decades, Mexican photographer Julian Cardona has documented the lives of Ciudad Juarez residents, both as their city thrived, and lately, as it's suffered from poverty and violence. Continue reading
Jun 28 Where Frontrunner Pena Nieto Might Take Mexico’s Drug War By Margaret Warner 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… Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch In Mexico, War Against Drug Cartels Inflicts High Cost With elections around the corner, a top concern for Mexican voters is the war on drug cartels. Margaret Warner continues her reporting from Mexico with a look at the devastating impact of the widespread drug violence. Continue watching