Voices of Mexico no. 31

Our Voice

In this issue, three writers analyse the perspectives for fundamental changes in Mexico based on greater pluralistic citizen participation in politics and elections, the recent change in the government, as well as the financial crisis together with the austerity progranzs adopted to overcome it. Soledad Loaeza, Carlos Monsiváis and Lorenzo Meyer share their reflections on the need for working to achieve a structural change in our political system.
Citizens have been insistently demanding that the Chiapas conflict be resolved by political means through negotiations. In Mexico we hear an increasing variety and richness of voices. Civil society has gotten involved and is seeking peacefid change. On Februazy 12 elections viere held in the state of Jalisco, in which the National Action Party (PAN) won the governorship and, for the first time, a majority in the state legislature. In May, elections will be held in Guanajuato and Yucatan, and we hope that these will be characterized by fairness and a high level of citizen participation.