AS/COA held a teleconference discussion about Mexico's midterm elections featuring remarks by Denise Dresser, a political analyst at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. The conversation focused on what the outcome means for President Felipe Calderón and the 2012 presidential race. Listen to the audio.

Mexicans voted in midterm elections July 5 and, as polls predicted, the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party gained the largest number of seats in the lower house of Congress.

AS/COA brought together a panel of experts to examine polls ahead of Mexico's midterm elections. Topics also included possibilities for fiscal reform given the probably political make-up of the country's congress after the July 5 vote.

Ahead of Mexico's July 5 elections, the voto en blanco movement has sparked debate by calling on voters to annul ballots in protest of the main political parties. The movement's detractors say such action threatens the country’s democracy.

Mexico's finance secretary addressed the Washington Conference on the Americas, offering his perspective on the effects of the global financial crisis and the H1N1 impact. Carstens predicts that Mexico will start to see economic recovery.

Health organizations and governments are on the move to control and find answers about a swine flu epidemic originating in Mexico.