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Article: The Shadow of El Norte; The country is now so inextricably intertwined with the United States that whoever wins the tight election will find his actions constrained.("So Far From God: Modern Mexico in the Shadow of the United States")
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- Newsweek International
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- June 19, 2006
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Byline: Joseph Contreras (This story is adapted from the book "Tan Lejos de Dios: El México Moderno a la Sombra de Estados Unidos" ("So Far From God: Modern Mexico in the Shadow of the United States"), published last month in Spanish by Grijalbo.)
This year's presidential race in Mexico is starting to look a lot like the star-crossed U.S. election of 2000. Former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, once so sure of his eventual victory that he skipped the first of two televised debates, has seen his lead in the polls vanish. Rival Felipe Calderon of the center-right National Action Party (PAN) has clawed back into the race with a series of ...