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National Action Party (Mexico)
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National Action Party (Mexico) The National Action Party, is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Right-wing in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000 and until 2012 the President of Mexico had been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the party does not have a majority in either house of the Congress. In the 2006 legislative elections the party won 207 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 52 out of 128 Senators. In the 2012 Legislative Elections, the Pan won 38 seats in the Senate, and 114 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. (via Freebase)
 
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Mexico Poised for Return of PRI, Continuation of Deadly Drug War
Mexico Poised for Return of PRI, Continuation of Deadly Drug War
Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND | Jul 2, 2012
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Mexico's Former Ruling Party Claims Victory, Opposition Disputes Result
Mexico's Former Ruling Party Claims Victory, Opposition Disputes Result
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 ...
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Tired of Biased TV Coverage, Mexican Students Organize Presidential Debate
Tired of Biased TV Coverage, Mexican Students Organize Presidential Debate
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 ...
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Angry Mexico teachers storm political party offices
AlterNet.org
— Apr 25 at 04:46 am
...against education reform on April 24, 2013 in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico. The protesters used pipes and sticks to destroy windows and ...
López Obrador to leave behind Mexico's main leftist party
Austin American-Statesman
— Sep 9, 2012 at 11:23 pm
...saying fraud gave the victory to National Action Party candidate Felipe Calderón. This year, López Obrador lost to Institutional Revolutionary P...
Mexico's Videgaray: Bank reform clears biggest credit blockage
Reuters Mobile
— May 8 at 06:40 pm
...Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the country's main opposition parties, was in limbo for weeks due to a political spat that threatened to derail th...
Enrique Peña Nieto Takes Office as Mexico’s President
The New York Times
— Dec 1, 2012 at 06:02 am
...ushers in a new era for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, which had ruled Mexico for more than 70 years before the more c...
Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state
Los Angeles Times
— May 17 at 01:22 am
...of Peña Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party. He has been ill for a number of weeks, and the state is being run by an interim governor. Thi...