Mexico: Meet the President

In Mexico's "guided democracy," there is only one real political party, only one real presidential candidate.Against token opposition, the chosen man could win overwhelmingly without ever showing his face. Yet after 50 years of rule, the country's all-powerful Institutional Revolutionary Party still strives mightily to keep its image bright and in its own uniquely Mexican way ask approval of the voters. Last week, on the eve of the July 5 presidential election, the sound of fiesta filled the land, and hardly a man who breathed could ignore the campaign.

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