Jul 18 Watch Mexico's Vicente Fox: Legalize Drugs to Weaken Cartels Mexico's Vicente Fox: Legalize Drugs to Weaken Cartels… Continue watching
Jul 03 Mexico's President-Elect: Legalization Should Be Part of Drug Strategy Debate By Margaret Warner 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… Continue reading
Jul 01 In Mexico, Voters Hope for More Security, Economic Rewards By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading
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