Weekly Report - 18 May 2004

MEXICO: Party created to field Castañeda

Mexico & Nafta 18 May 2004 Modified: 18 May 2004 320 views

A new party has been created as a `platform' for the presidential aspirations of former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda. México Ciudadano has been set up by people with a provenance not dissimilar to its candidate's: the `renewalist' faction of the Communist party, social-democrats and likeminded `friends of Castañeda' - all determined to rid Mexico of partidocracia, or party-dominated rule.

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