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Challenges for the 2006 Mexican Elections

What are the key challenges in Mexico's upcoming federal elections? How will electoral conflict be dealt with? How likely are the current frontrunners to become their parties' candidates? Will the political parties divide? How will the media cover the elections? What will be the key issues that will influence the outcome of the elections?

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Thursday
Jun. 23, 2005
4:00pm – 5:30pm ET

Overview

You are cordially invited to join us for a roundtable discussion with

Jacqueline Peschard, Woodrow Wilson Center/Comexi Public Policy Scholar, professor at UNAM, and a former Citizen Councilor of the Federal Electoral Institute

Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Professor at ITAM, columnist with Reforma, and host of the television program "Entre Tres" on TV Azteca

Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, Director, Mexico Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator: Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center

What are the key challenges in Mexico's upcoming federal elections? How will electoral conflict be dealt with? How likely are the current frontrunners to become their parties' candidates? Will the political parties divide? How will the media cover the elections? What will be the key issues that will influence the outcome of the elections?

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Mexico Institute

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

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