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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
