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Mexico presidential hopeful rallies support

2012-06-27 3 Dailymotion

In the final week of campaigning before Sunday's presidential election in Mexico, Josefina Vazquez Mota, the only female candidate in the run, has been rallying support in Mexico City.<br /><br />Representing the conservative ruling party, the 51-year-old former minister took the country by surprise when she beat two male rivals for the party’s nomination.<br /><br />While some women are likely to vote for her to be the next presidenta, others cannot connect with Vazquez Mota’s message that emphasises her role as a traditional mother first, politician second.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Mexico City.

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