A note from the inside:

Things are hot here right now (and dry), even above the Tropic of Capricorn. The PRI (right-wing) candidate, E. Peña Nieto (EPN) is accused of buying his way into the presidency, from rigging opinion polls to bribing or wielding union and corporate power to setting up twitter bot squads trying to manipulate public opinion. A huge EPN advertising presence clearly over the allowed campaign budget is visible as you travel the country.

But people aren´t having any of it and are fighting back, making sure their voices are heard. A video surfaced after EPN visited a prestigious university in Mexico City where he was shouted off campus, where 131 students state they are not paid to voice their opinions from other parties.

The surge of the #Iam132 (#YoSoy132) hashtag and subsequent movement with Worldwide TT rings a-partisan and mostly just anti-EPN and anti-PRI with their corrupt antics. Weekly protests and artistic gatherings are gaining momentum.

A 4th far-right independent party with libertarian views has surged as well, also backed by powerful unions particularly from the social workers and teacher´s unions, they are double-faced and dodgy as hell. Although Mr Quadri is a scholar and has intelligent views, he is very similar to Ron Paul and his view on drugs.

The left-wing candidate AMLO, who claims the current throne and accuses Calderon of election fraud in 2006, will probably win. He has not stated publicly that he will legalize drugs, although he says that if the people can reach more consensus on the issue, that he would go ahead with it, regardless of what the US might think.

Many are optimistic, as I.

*Tropic of Cancer!! ... -.- ... oops!