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Mexico Institute in the News: Nomination Paves New Path in Mexico

Andrew Selee

Josefina Vasquez Mota, the newly nominated presidential candidate for PAN, may be able to have more success as she capitalizes her gender in her campaign.

The New York Times, February 6, 2012

The historic choice of a woman as its presidential candidate may turn out to be a shrewd move for the party of Mexico’s incumbent president, political analysts said Monday, allowing it to capitalize on the growing power of women in politics and offering a fresh approach for a party that has been mired in a bloody drug war...

...Ms. Vázquez Mota’s political association with a man, Mr. Calderón, for whom she served as education secretary, and his increasingly unpopular drug war... could hurt her popularity. Analysts say the radical shift in her party’s face, if not its policies, could help it.

“She has a good outreach to people outside the party,”

said Andrew Selee, director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.

“She is likely to be able to give her party a new lease on life in the election.”

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Andrew Selee

Andrew Selee

Former Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute;
President, Migration Policy Institute
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The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute.   Read more