In recent years, Mexico has attracted the attention of the international press on several occasions. The reason for the interest of journalists was, first of all, the war on crime, declared by the government of the country. Against the background of the fight against drug cartels in Mexico, the battle for the main state post is unfolding. The 2012 presidential election is characterized by a tough confrontation between candidates.
The previous presidential elections in Mexico took place in July 2006. The victory was then won by the candidate of the ruling party F. Calderon, who received more than a third of the votes. However, his main rival A. Obrador lagged behind Calderon by only a fraction of a percent. Six years later, on July 1, 2012, Mexican voters will come to vote for a new president.
This time the same Andreas Manuel López Obrador, the leader of the Revolutionary Democratic Party, and the candidate from the Revolutionary Institutional Party, Enrique Peña Nieto, are fighting for the presidency.
The official Mexican media bypasses Obrador's campaign, whose success in the upcoming elections is clearly not to the liking of the US administration. American political circles are not interested in a potential "populist" fan of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez coming to power in neighboring Mexico. Nevertheless, Obrador is confidently gaining support from an increasing number of voters through his fieldwork and social media.
Rating polls by journalists are alarming for Peña Nieto, who has openly expressed his sympathy for Washington, and instills optimism in Obrador's supporters. In order to exclude possible fraudulent data on the July 1 elections, the activists of the Revolutionary Democratic Party intend to send their observers to the polling stations.
The 2012 presidential race in Mexico is no different from the one that took place a few years ago. A series of manipulations, behind-the-scenes maneuvers and scandals are indispensable attributes of political struggle. Many Mexicans are convinced that it was the falsification of past elections that awarded the final victory to incumbent President Felipe Calderon. It is believed that the American political elite "appointed" him head of the Mexican state long before the elections. Obrador's supporters believe that the candidacy of the current US protege Nieto has also been agreed with Washington long ago. Who will be president this time will be shown by the elections.
