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Weekly Report - 04 December 2014 (WR-14-48)
MEXICO: Peña Nieto on the back foot
President Enrique Peña Nieto is not doing well on the public relations front. He faces complex and intractable problems relating to the battle against crime and corruption – as did many of his predecessors. But while the media-savvy President managed to maintain his appeal to much of the electorate during his first two years in office, as he began the third year of his sexenio on 1 December things have become much more difficult. Some argue that the government is losing its touch and falling back on the defensive.
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