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Weekly Report - 7 March 2006
MEXICO: PRI's 77th anniversary brings little to celebrate
On 4 March the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) celebrated its 77th anniversary in probably the most inauspicious circumstances since the year 2000 marked the end of its 71 uninterrupted years in power. A string of defections signalled a further deterioration of the hopes harboured by Roberto Madrazo that he might lead a
PRI comeback.
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