Which Way, L.A.?
Mexico Election
A dramatic demonstration of democracy may be about to take place as Mexico gets ready for change. A populist from the Left is the leading candidate to be Mexico City's next Mayor. The party that's ruled for 70 years may lose the national Congress. What are the prospects for Mexico's future?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readPedro Enrique Armendares: Investigative Journalist, currently working with Mexico's Branch of Investigative Reporters and Editors, a professional organization which promotes investigative journalism. Contributor to the BBC's Latin American Service. Ricardo Pascoe : Home: 011-525-615-0129 Campaign head for the Democratic Revolution Party's mayoral candidate Cuauhtemoc (kwow-TAY-mock) Cardenas (CAHR-day-nas). That's Mexico's PRD party. Mr. Pascoe is a graduate of New York University; he received his Ph.D from the London School of Economics. Senator Eduardo Andrade: Member of the Chamber of Senators in Mexico's Congress. Represents the PRI party -- the Institutional Revolutionary Party -- which has been the leading party in Mexican politics for the last seven decades. Fernando Estrada-Samano: Former PAN, or National Action Party, representative to Mexico's House of Representatives. Currently serves on the PAN's National Executive Committee and National Council Daniel Lund: Director General of Market Opinion and Research International's Mexico office. MORI is headquartered in London.Dr. Roberto Salinas: Executive Director for CISLE (sis-lay), The Center for Free Enterprise Research, an independent think tank in Mexico City. Received his Ph.D in Philosophy and Political Theory from Purdue University. Rogelio Ramirez de la O: Economic analyst with ECONAL; he consults with multi-national corporations based in Mexico. Dr. Ruben Zacarias : Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District. John Jacobs: Political Editor, McClatchey Newspapers. Based at the Sacremento Bee.
