A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level: ⁕A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing former President Felipe Calderón. The current Constitution of Mexico prohibits any type ... Explore this topic

Enrique Peña Nieto is the 57th president of Mexico whose six-year term began in 2012. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. Peña Nieto was declared president-elect after the 2012 general electio... Explore this topic

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 nati... Explore this topic

The Politics of Mexico take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the president of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. The fed... Explore this topic

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by t... Explore this topic

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the Coalition for th... Explore this topic

The Party of the Democratic Revolution is a social-democratic political party in Mexico and one of 2 Mexican affiliates of the Socialist International. The PRD is a member of the Broad Progressive Front alliance. Explore this topic

Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota is a Mexican businesswoman and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party for the 2012 elections. Vázquez Mota was trained as an economist and began her working career in family businesses and with various business ... Explore this topic

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 ... Explore this topic

The Mexican Drug War is an ongoing armed conflict among rival drug cartels fighting each other for regional control and against the Mexican government forces. The government's principal goal has been to put down the drug-related violence that was raging among dueling drug cart... Explore this topic