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PeÃ±a Nieto is on the ropes - what next?

Héctor Márquez — 2014-12-01T11:41:47Z

The 20 November, anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, saw hundreds of thousands of people demosntrating in the main squares of the country. While the return of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa alive remains at the centre of the demands, a very broad movement now demands the resignation of PeÃ±a Nieto. In Geneva, as in 60 cities throughut the world, a gathering was organized in front of Uni-mail, on the initiative of the SolidaritéS youth group.

- IV479 - December 2014 / Mexico, Youth and student movements

The national situation after December 1st

Héctor Márquez — 2013-01-20T21:00:03Z

At midnight on December 1st there began, in a militarized Presidential Palace and city centre, the ceremony of transfer of power between Felipe Calderón and Enrique PeÃ±a Nieto (EPN). This democratic masquerade revealed the fraudulent and illegitimate character of the new regime.

- IV456 - January 2013 / Mexico

Electoral fraud and struggle

Héctor Márquez — 2012-09-26T16:20:10Z

In early September, the Federal Judiciary Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) validated the Mexican presidential election of July 1, 2012. Faced with the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to government, the organisation of a workers' political force is more urgent than ever.

- IV452 - September 2012 / Mexico

New party founded

Héctor Márquez — 2011-09-12T21:44:34Z

On 27 August 2011, the founding congress of the Political Organisation of the People and Workers (OPT), “for national liberation and social emancipation” took place.

- IV440 - September 2011 / New parties of the left, Mexico