Who wrote “Drug war, economy weigh on Mexico midterm election”?
MARK STEVENSON wrote “Drug war, economy weigh on Mexico midterm election”. Drug violence, an economic downturn and recent cases of political malfeasance weighed heavily as Mexicans voted Sunday in midterm congressional elections that could decide the future of President Felipe Calderon’s anti-crime and economic policies. Calderon’s National Action Party, PAN, hopes its nationwide crackdown on drug cartels will win it a bigger share of the 500-seat lower house of Congress, where it currently holds 206 spots. But with the economy in its steepest downturn since the 1990s, polls suggest the gains will go to the former longtime ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, which now has 106 seats. “The fundamental problem is the lack of opportunities, jobs, education,” said government worker Thelma Flores, 46, as she waited to cast her ballot. “That’s what generates the other things, the criminality and organized crime. It’s because of a lack of opportunities.” The PAN ran a bruising campa
Drug war, economy weigh on Mexico midterm election By MARK STEVENSON – 2 hours ago MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug violence, an economic downturn and recent cases of political malfeasance weighed heavily as Mexicans voted Sunday in midterm congressional elections that could decide the future of President Felipe Calderon’s anti-crime and economic policies. Calderon’s National Action Party, PAN, hopes its nationwide crackdown on drug cartels will win it a bigger share of the 500-seat lower house of Congress, where it currently holds 206 spots. But with the economy in its steepest downturn since the 1990s, polls suggest the gains will go to the former longtime ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, which now has 106 seats. “The fundamental problem is the lack of opportunities, jobs, education,” said government worker Thelma Flores, 46, as she waited to cast her ballot. “That’s what generates the other things, the criminality and organized crime. It’s because of a lack of opportunities.” C
MARK STEVENSON wrote “Drug war, economy weigh on Mexico midterm election”. Drug violence, an economic downturn and recent cases of political malfeasance weighed heavily as Mexicans voted Sunday in midterm congressional elections that could decide the future of President Felipe Calderon’s anti-crime and economic policies. Calderon’s National Action Party, PAN, hopes its nationwide crackdown on drug cartels will win it a bigger share of the 500-seat lower house of Congress, where it currently holds 206 spots. But with the economy in its steepest downturn since the 1990s, polls suggest the gains will go to the former longtime ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, which now has 106 seats. “The fundamental problem is the lack of opportunities, jobs, education,” said government worker Thelma Flores, 46, as she waited to cast her ballot. “That’s what generates the other things, the criminality and organized crime. It’s because of a lack of opportunities.” The PAN ran a bruising campa
