Mexico: PRI Looks to Retake Presidency in 2012
Mexico is facing a close presidential race this spring, with drug violence taking center stage and PAN, the party that ended the 70-year rule of the PRI in 2000, at risk of losing the presidency. The security situation in Mexico has never been worse, with drug-related killings up from 2,119 in 2006, when President Felipe Calderon was elected, to 47,000 last year. The female candidate chosen by the National Action Party (PAN) to succeed Calderon, Josefina Vazquez Mota, will have a difficult time making the case for PAN’s continued rule.
Click Here to Read Full Analysis. North Korea: Meeting with US to Show Kim Jong Un in Charge
Next week’s first U.S./North Korea bilateral meeting surprised many analysts since it is being held so soon following the death of Kim Jong Il and the rise to power of his son Kim Jong Un. Since no substantive achievements on the nuclear or proliferation front are expected from this meeting, why did North Korea agree to it? In this analysis, LIGNET explores the motivations behind North Korea’s decision to hold talks with the United States so soon after the death of Kim Jong Il and what these talks might accomplish.
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