Jose Fernandez

Many are forced to move to shan­ty­towns with­out ba­sic ser­vices as Mex­i­co City dwellings be­come in­creas­ing­ly un­af­ford­able.

Vi­o­lence rules a city split be­tween rich and poor, yet pos­i­tive signs are be­gin­ning to emerge.

Brand­ed a pop­ulist by his op­po­nents, the for­mer may­or of Mex­i­co City is run­ning sec­ond in the pres­i­den­tial race.