Enrique Peña Nieto
Summary
Enrique Pea Nieto (born July 20, 1966) is a Mexican politician. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI), he served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. On September 19, 2011, he announced his candidacy in the 2012 Mexican presidential election to succeed Felipe Caldern. and he formally registered his candidacy on November 27, 2011.Pea Nieto was born at Atlacomulco in Mexico State. His father, Gilberto Enrique Pea del Mazo, worked for the Comisin Federal de Electricidad and his mother, Mara del Perpetuo Socorro Ofelia Nieto Snchez, was a school teacher. Pea is related to several politicians: Severiano Pea, mayor of Acambay in 1914, 1916, 1921 and 1923; Alfredo del Mazo Gonzlez, former governor; and Arturo Montiel Rojas, also former governor.
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Post-Election, Mexico's #YoSoy132 Youth Movement Faces Uncertain Future
The Mexican youth movement #YoSoy132 shook up the debate before the country's presidential elections in July. Now that the ballots have closed, #YoSoy132 is trying to find its footing in the nation's political scene.
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Televisa should apologise to Mexicans for its Peña Nieto election bias | Luis Hernández Navarro
New evidence validates student protesters' claims about the TV network tricking people into voting for presidential frontrunner.
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WikiLeaks reveals US concerns over Televisa-Peña Nieto links in 2009
US cables back Guardian claims that Mexican presidential election frontrunner has been paying for favourable TV coverage.
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Letters: Documents are no proof of TV dirty tricks claims
It's worrying that such a prestigious newspaper as the Guardian publishes an article like the one you published on your website on Thursday and in your print edition on Friday (Computer files link TV dirty tricks to favourite for Mexico presidency, 7 June), written by Jo Tuckman, without verification.
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Mexico presidential candidate under pressure over Televisa media scandal
Enrique Peña Nieto urged to come clean about alleged purchase of favourable coverage on Mexico's biggest television network.
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Computer files link TV dirty tricks to favourite for Mexico presidency
Mexico's biggest television network sold prominent politicians favourable coverage in its flagship news and entertainment shows and used the same programmes to smear a popular leftwing leader, documents seen by the Guardian appear to show.
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Politician's payments to Mexican radio journalists were 'sponsorship'
I reported a couple of days ago about a Mexican presidential candidate having paid journalists for mentions on radio outlets.
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Mexican presidential candidate paid journalists for media 'mentions'
A Mexican presidential candidate paid thousands of pounds to journalists for "mentions" in the media.
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