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Weekly Report - 08 January 2015 (WR-15-01)
MEXICO: Peña Nieto takes up arms against sea of troubles
President Enrique Peña Nieto sought to get off to a flying start to the New Year as he enters the most challenging few months of his mandate. He began 2015 on 4 January with a televised New Year message, which was more personal and more heartfelt than his usual addresses. While it was full of the customary goals and targets, these were for the main designed to enable ordinary Mexicans to feel the benefits of the reforms his government has pushed through congress. It was also, for once, unflinching in its acknowledgement of the manifold security challenges faced by Mexico even if the economy did dominate his discourse. Peña Nieto then visited the US on 5 and 6 January, receiving a fillip while meeting his US peer Barack Obama, who heaped the sort of praise on his reform-driven agenda that he no longer receives at home.
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