!['Above The Game' creator Ken Hoinsky [Kickstarter]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Above-The-Game-creator-Ken-Hoinsky-223x105.jpg "'Above The Game' creator Ken Hoinsky [Kickstarter]")
Home » Topics » Pena Nieto
Obama heads to Mexico to discuss trade and drug war
US President Barack Obama headed to Mexico on Thursday to put trade back at the heart of bilateral ties, but his southern neighbor’s shifting drug war tactics loom large over the visit. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto hosts Obama on the first stop of a three-day trip that will also…
Mexican police official resigns ahead of shake-up
One of Mexico’s top federal police officials has announced his resignation, rejecting charges of corruption and promising to elaborate on his motivation after he steps down in January. The move by Luis Cardenas Palomino, the top cop in charge of regional security, comes as President Enrique Pena Nieto seeks to…
Mexico to create new police force to fight drug cartels
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced the creation of a national police force to crack down on crime and battle the country’s powerful drug cartels. The force — a gendarmerie based on the model of Spain’s Guardia Civil — would be 10,000 strong. Currently Mexico has a patchwork of city…
Mexico’s new prez signs five-point pact with opposition parties
A day after taking office, President Enrique Pena Nieto signed a pact with rivals Sunday to strengthen democracy, in what could be a bold break with his party’s bad old days. The “Pact for Mexico” was agreed after hard bargaining among Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the conservative National…
Mexico inaugurates new President Peña Nieto, but takes on ‘old’ party reputation
Mexico inaugurates new President Peña Nieto, but takes on 'old' party reputation Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto takes office today, but when Mexicans chose him as president in July, they voted for more than just a presidential platform. Voters elected to bring back to power a party that ran the…
Mexico urges U.S. to join drug policy ‘review’
WASHINGTON — Mexico’s incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto called Sunday for a “new debate” on the drug war raging in his country and urged the United States to play a “fundamental role” in the review. A week after returning the once-authoritarian Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power on campaign promises…
Tens of thousands protest Mexican presidential election results
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Mexico CitySaturday against the presidential election win of Enrique Pena Nieto, accusing him and his party of widespread vote-buying. The marchers claim Pena Nieto, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), “bought” his way to victory by handing out gift cards and securing paid favorable media coverage from the country’s two…
Leftist candidate rejects Mexico results as ‘fraudulent’
The runner-up in Mexico’s presidential election has rejectedEnrique Pena Nieto’s “fraudulent” victory, raising the specter of protests that rocked Mexico City when he lost six years ago. When Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lost the 2006 presidential election by less than one percent he claimed fraud and organized mass protests that paralyzed Mexico City for more…
Mexico’s Pena Nieto seeks U.S. help on violence
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s presumed president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto expressed hope Monday for more US help in tamping a scourge of violence that has killed over 50,000 people in less than five years. While Washington is focused on cracking down on crime syndicates responsible for smuggling illegal drugs into the…
PRI’s Pena Nieto claims victory in Mexico presidential vote
Enrique Pena Nieto, the youthful candidate of the party that governed Mexico for decades, claimed victory in the country’s presidential election. The candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) cited the first official results announced by the independent Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) as proof that he won. The results showed…
Brand new on Raw Story
- ‘Spanking for Jesus’ combines Christian fundamentalism and sadomasochism
- Dianne Feinstein: Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners
- Actor James Gandolfini of ‘The Sopranos’ dies in Italy
- Warren on Trans-Pacific Partnership: If people knew what was going on, they would stop it
- Tesla Motors recalls some Model S cars over problem weld
- Where immigration policy intersects with government surveillance
- Watch: Hilarious NSFW video ruthlessly mocks Republicans over masturbating fetuses
- FBI director admits using surveillance drones on U.S. soil
- Three U.S. Naval Academy football players charged with raping unconscious woman
- Head of ‘ex-gay therapy’ group apologizes for causing the suffering of LGBT people
Commentary
Where immigration policy intersects with government surveillance
By Moyers & Company
Parents must teach their children about porn and consent
By Suzanne Moore, The Guardian
Republicans’ latest abortion ban is staggeringly stupid
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
