Weekly Report - 26 July 2012 (WR-12-29)

MEXICO: PRI looks bewildered as attacks grow

Mexico & Nafta by LatinNews 26 July 2012 Modified: 26 July 2012 5585 views

The Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) is again on the defensive. The post-electoral row over the legitimacy of the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, took a new twist last week when the Partido Acciόn Nacional (PAN) sided with the left-wing coalition Movimiento Progresista (MP) led by Peña Nieto’s defeated rival Andrés Manuel López Obrador to accuse the PRI of using illicit campaign funds.

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