Charles Krause looks at Mexico's recent Congressional election and the rise of opposition party support, followed by a discussion on the issue with Jim Lehrer. Flood victims blame corrupt zoning codes for deaths.
Crime waves threaten the popularity of Mexico City's mayor.
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas becomes mayor-elect of Mexico City. An examination of Mexico's war on drugs. An Online Forum with journalist Michael Stott on Mexico's drug war. There's general agreement in Mexico and in the United States that Mexico's July 6th election was a watershed in the country's political development. After nearly 70 years in power, the country s autocratic ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, also known as the PRI, was soundly defeated.