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 Elections: 'People Just Want a Change' On Sunday, Mexicans go to the polls to elect a new president. Jeffrey Brown talks to Margaret Warner in Mexico City about the voters' concerns and whether the country's drug war policy is likely to change. Continue watching
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 25 Watch Mexicans Focus on Security as Top Election Issue In a time of relatively stable economic growth, the top concern for Mexican voters is the national war on cartels and widespread drug violence. Margaret Warner previews the upcoming Mexican election and the various party factions competing for control, including… Continue watching
Jun 25 Mexican Campaign Ads: Fraternity, Nonviolence and 'I Will Wear the Pants' By Larisa Epatko One of the top contenders in Mexico's July 1 presidential election, Josefina Vazquez Mota of the Partido Accion Nacional, or PAN, is portraying herself as tough on crime and a protector of families. "I will be a president in a… Continue reading
Jun 20 The Mexican People's Dilemma in Drug War Is Next President's, Too By Margaret Warner 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… Continue reading
Jun 20 U.S. and Mexico: Ties That Bind By Larisa Epatko As Mexicans move to elect a new president on July 1, whoever wins the keys to the official residence, or Los Pinos, will be tied to the United States in a number of ways: on border security, as trading partners,… Continue reading
Jun 18 The Most Important Presidential Race You Haven't Heard About By Margaret Warner 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… Continue reading