Mexican presidential hopefuls meet in final spar
- 12 years ago
With 20 days left before Mexico votes for president, the country looks poised for a power shake-up
Josefina Vazquez Mota, the National Action Party's choice to succeed President Felipe Calderon, went on the attack against her better-polling rivals in the race's final debate on Sunday night but remains 18 percentage points behind front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto in opinion polls.
Though Vazquez Mota sought to tie Pena Nieto to his party's chequered 71-year rule over Mexican politics - which ended with the PAN's rise in 2000 - the Pena Nieto appears set to take his Institutional Revolution Party back into the presidency.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Mexico City.
Josefina Vazquez Mota, the National Action Party's choice to succeed President Felipe Calderon, went on the attack against her better-polling rivals in the race's final debate on Sunday night but remains 18 percentage points behind front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto in opinion polls.
Though Vazquez Mota sought to tie Pena Nieto to his party's chequered 71-year rule over Mexican politics - which ended with the PAN's rise in 2000 - the Pena Nieto appears set to take his Institutional Revolution Party back into the presidency.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Mexico City.