Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Gubernatorial elections in 2012

It's not only about electing Mexico's next president for six years on July 1, 2012: In addition, there are gubernatorial elections in the following states:

* Jalisco (PAN)
* Guanajuato (PAN)
* Morelos (PAN)
* Chiapas (PRD coalition)
* Tabasco (PRI)
* Yucatán (PRI)

And, of course, mayor of Mexico City - as close to a governor as one can get, until the Federal District gets its own constitution.

Here's a great rundown of the various hopefuls for the offices from the respective parties.


Come on baby, do the Morena

AMLO's campaign tune, so to speak: "Morena." It's heard everywhere on the campaign trail, and it's a quite catchy cumbia-esque ditty, with a semi-professional video production - and it gets, I'd venture to say, its points across. And yes, there is a beautiful morena in the video, with quite a low-cut dress (here's some background on the song from El Universal).