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[*] posted on 12-1-2012 at 02:12 PM
Mexico swears in president..........


...........amid protests; old ruling party returns to power with a new face.
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.....MEXICO CITY - Enrique Pena Nieto has taken the oath of office as Mexico's new president, bringing the old ruling party back to power after a 12-year hiatus.

His Institutional Revolutionary Party ruled for 71 years with a mix of populist handouts, graft and rigged elections before being voted out and replaced by the conservative National Action Party in 2000.

Pena Nieto has promised to govern democratically with transparency.

His swearing in was marred Saturday by protesters outside the Congress lobbing homemade bombs and firecrackers and shouting: "Mexico without the PRI!"

Before the swearing in, leftist congressmen inside the chambers demanded to know what was going on in the crowds and urged police to use restraint. Congressman Rafael Huerta of the Labor Party urged the new government to protect the people.

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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,

[*] posted on 12-1-2012 at 02:20 PM
PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE US! WE'RE DEAD!


THAT WAS THEN COMPADRES! THIS IS NOW!







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[*] posted on 12-1-2012 at 02:44 PM


Yeah....the Dinosaurs will be coming out of the woodwork. Salinas cronyism all over again.
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[*] posted on 12-1-2012 at 04:24 PM


i swear AT presidents.....



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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,

[*] posted on 12-1-2012 at 09:01 PM


"But Raul...Raul...Oye, Raul..."

"Just how did two hundred eighty million dollars end up in Swiss bank accounts in your name?"

"I invested wisely"

Verbatim transcript excerpt of of the press clamoring to query Raul Salinas de Gotari upon his arrest.




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[*] posted on 12-1-2012 at 09:11 PM


just wait until 100 years looks back on our Jefe's..... i'm beginning to think that there needs to be a new revolution in the US. how much $ is enough?

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