For seventy years, democracy in Mexico was a one-party joke. In 2000, Vicente Fox challenged that party, won, and launched a new era. Now, in 2006, Mexico’s had a new presidential election, a razor-thin claim of victory, and is a deeply-divided country on the southern US border.
No one got a majority. Tally sheets give free-marketeer Felipe Calderon a tiny edge. Anti-poverty crusader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he was robbed.
Thousands filled the Mexican capitol’s main square over the weekend to protest. No president-elect has been declared. What should the United States hope for here?
Hear about Mexico’s contested election, and what the outcome means for the USA.
Guests:
Dudley Althaus, Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times
Pamela Starr, Latin-America, Mexico Analyst at Eurasia Group
Manuel Suarez-Mier, Professor of Economics and Finance at American University
Ilan Stavans, author of “The Hispanic Condition.”
