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Weekly Report - 1 November 2005
MEXICO: Calderón seeks understanding with Gordillo
One of Felipe Calderón's first acts as formally nominated candidate of the ruling Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) was to hold a meeting with Elba Esther Gordillo, the former secretary-general of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), a step which was instantly seen as a bid to strike an alliance. Calderón said that he was indeed seeking alliances, but not only with
Gordillo.
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