Enrique Peña Nieto takes office as Mexico's president

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Enrique Peña Nieto takes office as Mexico's president | World news | guardian.co.uk:

Violent protests greet inauguration of PRI candidate who brings party back into government after 12 years

Associated Press in Mexico City
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 December 2012 05.14 GMT

Mexican police charge down protesters against Enrique Peña Nieto, who has taken office as president. Photograph: Reuters
Enrique Peña Nieto has formally taken office as Mexico's new president with a vow to restore peace and security and tackle vested interests that have hindered economic prosperity.

As several hundred protesters threw firebombs at police and smashed windows, Peña Nieto marked the return of the Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) with a 13-point plan including populist handouts as well as reforms designed to boost the economy and modernise the education and justice systems.


Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico's new president, celebrates with his family. Photograph: Reuters/Mexican government
"Mexico has not achieved the advances that the population demands or deserves," Peña Nieto said. "It's time for us together to break the myths and paradigms and all else that has limited our development."

Inaugural events were marred all day by protesters opposed to the return of the PRI after 12 years out of power.

Inside and outside the congressional chambers where he took the oath of office, his opponents called his inauguration an "imposition" of a party that ruled for 71 years using a mix of handouts, graft and rigged elections. At least four demonstrators and four officers were injured as protesters clashed with police who used teargas and 65 people were detained.

LEER MAS
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