The Guardian
| Apr 25, 2013
A mob of enraged teachers went on the rampage in Guerrero, southern Mexico, attacking and trashing political party offices. The teachers were protesting education reforms that unions fear could lead to mass layoffs.
LinkTV News
| Jul 27, 2012
Thousands of protestors blocked the entrance to the studios of Mexico's most popular TV network on Thursday, accusing it of bias during the recent presidential election. Shouting "Tell the truth," the Yo Soy 132 demonstrators stopped employees ent...
Al Jazeera English
| Jul 13, 2012
Presidential runner-up Andrés Manuel López Obrador refuses to concede defeat in Mexico's elections, and accuses his rival Enrique Peña Nieto of buying votes. Obrador is calling for the results of the election to be thrown out,...
TeleSUR
| Jul 2, 2012
WARNING: Low video/audio quality in places. Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at a press conference Monday that he plans to challenge the outcome of Sunday's election, claiming the results were plagued by irre...
Univision News
| Jul 2, 2012
Supporters of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) celebrated victory in the Mexican presidential election for their candidate Enrique Peña Nieto at the organization's headquarters in Mexico City.
Associated Press
| Jul 2, 2012
Mexicans appear to have decided to return to the past, voting for a party that ruled the country for 71 years. But candidate Enrique Pena Nieto says his PRI has modernized, and he's also promising to change tack on his predecessor's costly war on ...
France 24
| Jun 27, 2012
Buying votes is a criminal offense in Mexico. But, according to interviews with local Mexicans, payments in the form of cash, food, and other gifts are still surfacing at political rallies.
Al Jazeera English
| Jun 20, 2012
It is less than two weeks before the elections in Mexico, and young voters are making their voices heard. The student-led "Yo Soy 132" movement organized a third presidential debate, which they also moderated and led. The event, streamed live on ...
— Sep 13, 2012 at 04:00 am
...election in July and stemmed from an opposition to Enrique Peña Nieto, the previous candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. The move...
— Dec 1, 2012 at 12:15 pm
...upon his victory, Mr. Peña Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) faced a scandal alleging that they systematically handed out gift car...
— May 3 at 01:11 pm
...Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) faced allegations of corruption in the state of Veracruz. PRI politicians there are accused of using soc...
— May 8 at 06:27 pm
...Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the country's main opposition parties, was in limbo for weeks due to a political spat that threatene...
— last Tuesday at 10:10 am
...tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Zocalo plaza, Mexico City against Enrique Pena Nieto’s presidential win, accusing him and his...
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The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for 71 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution, making Mexico one of the few nations with two major, competing parties part of the same international grouping. However, PRI is not considered a socialist party in the traditional sense; its modern policies being characterized as centrist. Its membership in the International dates from the Mexican Revolution and the founding of the party by Plutarco Elías Calles, when the party had a clearer Institutional orientation.
The adherents of the PRI party are known in Mexico as priísta and the party is nicknamed el tricolor because of its use of the colors green, white and red.
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