John M. Ackerman (www.johnackerman.blogspot.com) is a professor at the Institute for Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), editor-in-chief of The Mexican Law Review and a columnist at both Proceso magazine and La Jornada newspaper.
Enrique Peña Nieto is using violence and repression to dismantle his country’s progressive legacy.
Las elecciones presidenciales del 1° de julio parecían anticipar el sencillo recambio de una elite de poder por otra, pero la competencia se recalentó de golpe. Lo que está en juego es nada menos que la supervivencia de la democracia.
The emerging #YoSoy132 student movement has shaken up the usual staid political classes heading into the July 1 vote—maybe for good.