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| Mexico's PRI Elects New Leader |
| 2011-01-09 |
| Google Translate This is a big deal. PRI and and their longtime rival, Partido Accion Nacional (PAN), are both reloaded with new leadership, making Mexican 2011 state and 2012 national elections even more interesting Former Coahuila governor Humberto Moreira and Cristina Diaz Salazar, a Nuevo Leon federal deputy, have been confirmed elected to leadership positions within the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), is has been confirmed. Senator Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, chairman of the PRI's Comision Nacional de Procesos Internos (CNPI), confirmed the two were elected after a brief campaign. Moreira is considered a populist within the PRI, and he succeeds Beatriz Parades Rangel, who stepped down after her four year term riding a stunning wave of state level electoral victories last summer. Moreira's victory is seen as a unity selection given the requirement he had to get the approval of several constituent groups within the PRI, including campesino and workers groups. Moreira assumes office March 4th. |
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