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Mexico

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Mexico Main Page
Bloody Political Strife and Trouble with the U.S.
Economic Growth
Turn of the Century Presidential Elections
Drug Violence Plagues the Country
Drug-Related Violence Continues
Party Official Resigns as the Presidential Election Approaches
Enrique Peña Nieto Easily Wins Presidential Election

Enrique Peña Nieto Easily Wins Presidential Election

On July 1, 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto was elected president. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Peña Nieto received 38 percent of the vote, defeating both National Action Party candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota and Democratic Revolutionary Party candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who lost the 2006 President election by a slim margin.

Peña Nieto's victory was another political shift in a country plagued with a violent, ongoing drug war and economic uncertainty. After ruling the country since 1929, Peña Nieto's party, PRI, suffered a huge defeat in 2000. Since 2000, the country has been in a period of multiparty democracy. During his campaign, Peña Nieto promised voters a change in Mexico's fight against the drug war. He vowed to focus more on reducing violence instead of making arrests and raids in attempts to block drugs from getting into the United States.

See also Encyclopedia: Mexico .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Mexico
National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics http://www.inegi.org.mx/inegi/default.aspx/ .
See also Presidents of Mexico since 1917 .