If the pro-government candidate wins without a qualified majority in both chambers, the good news is that she could not only increase her room for maneuver and independence, and her capacity to negotiate with the opposition, but also not go down in history as the tutelary president.
On March 1, the campaign for the presidency of Mexico officially began. However, the race began in the summer with pre-campaigns that were not pre-campaigns at all and with actions that flagrantly violated electoral laws.
Ricardo Martinelli led all polls for years. But after being disqualified by a sentence of more than 10 years in prison for money laundering, he was relieved by José Raúl Mulino, who is emerging as the probable winner.
Autocratic regimes use intervened or politicized electoral observation as a tactic to buy legitimacy and mitigate the influence of independent organizations.
Religion has become an instrument to reconquer voters' faith, merging with populism to sanctify politics and transform the relationship between citizens and leaders.
