Weekly Report - 14 October 2010 (WR-10-41)

MEXICO: A setback for Peña Nieto

Mexico & Nafta 18 October 2010 Modified: 18 October 2010 1034 views

Enrique Peña Nieto, the governor of the Estado de México, the biggest and most powerful state in the country, and the front-runner for the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) presidential nomination for 2012, now has a major problem. On 10 October the state committee of the left-wing Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) voted to talk to the ruling right-wing Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) about an electoral alliance in the gubernatorial elections in the Estado de México.

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