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Mexico & Nafta - February 2015 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Parties face major challenges in key gubernatorial elections
While the 7 June midterm elections will see voters choose more than 1,100 new legislators (including 500 members of the federal congress), and over 1,500 local authorities in 16 states and Mexico City, it is the nine gubernatorial races that are attracting most attention.
- The Iguala case continues to haunt Mexico
- New crime figures provide more evidence of ‘cockroach effect’
- Opposition fails to capitalise on Peña Nieto’s woes
- Parties face major challenges in key gubernatorial elections
- Falling oil forces budget adjustment
- Unemployment falls but job creation is still not fast enough