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World Service,02 Apr 2012,10 mins

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Pascale Harter presents stories from Will Grant in Mexico and Rajini Vaidyanathan in India. The presidential election campaign in Mexico was officially launched on Friday. It comes against a background of deep violence in Mexico. As Will Grant found out, ordinary Mexican voters are growing tired of the seemingly endless fighting. Rajini Vaidyanathan speaks to families in Mumbai who are struggling to make ends meet. And yet, they are not officially classed as poor according to an official definition in India.

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