Plenty Riding on Mexico’s Presidential Election

Plenty Riding on Mexico’s Presidential Election

On Sunday, Mexico tuned in to the second and final debate between the four candidates who will compete in the country’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled for July 1.

The election’s outcome will determine to a large degree how the country, currently at a crossroads in its battle against organized crime, will reduce violence within its own borders while working with its neighbors to the north and south.

“The impact of this election will depend on whether the next president is willing to put enough emphasis on the deep transformation that Mexico needs,” said Maureen Meyer, senior associate for Mexico and Central America at the Washington Office on Latin America, “or whether the next president makes minor changes [that amount to] more of the same.”

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