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Mexico Gets a New President
Even before tomorrow's inauguration, Mexico’s newly elected president has been trying to alter the country’s negative image. We hear different views of what to expect.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenWhen Americans are asked what words they associate with Mexico, the most common are "drugs," "poor" and "unsafe." Even before tomorrow's inauguration, the newly elected president has been trying to alter that negative image. We hear different views of what to expect. Also, protests continue as Egypt's Islamist Assembly rushes through a new charter, and the UN votes to give Palestine Non-Member Observer State status.
Banner image: Enrique Peña Nieto, then-Governor of the State of Mexico speaks at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010. Photo by Edgar Alberto Domínguez Cataño/WEF/flickr
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2 storiesMexico's New President, a Shaky Economy and the Ongoing Drug War
Tomorrow, Mexico will inaugurate its newly elected president without either much fanfare or political protest. Enrique Peña Nieto , who won with a plurality of just 38 percent, will preside over an economy full of potential but held back by corruption, poverty and a drug war that's killed 60,000 people.
Read the story43 minUN Votes to Give Palestine Non-Member Observer State Status
Yesterday, the General Assembly gave the Palestinian Territories new status at the United Nations. Opposition, including that of the US, mustered just nine voters against 138. Last night, Israel took steps toward expanding settlements in disputed East Jerusalem.
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