Tag Archives: Angelica Rivera

Mexican Treasury Goes after More Former Presidents

PULSE NEWS MEXICO Just two days after it was revealed that the Mexican Treasury Secretariat’s (Hacienda) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) was investigating the financial dealings of previous President Enrique Peña Nieto on possible charges of embezzlement and/or money laundering, it was reported Saturday, July 9, that the FIU is also conducting a financial investigation into other former presidents, including Ernesto

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The Rise and Fall of Mexico’s First Great Political Party

By JESSICA GUERRERO Mexico’s independent life as a republic began in 1821, 200 years ago. But the first hundred years of the country’s autonomy were dizzying and plagued with numerous internal conflicts. These events and circumstances unleashed the Mexican Revolution that broke out in 1910, and consisted of a civil war between several regional revolutionary forces against the authoritarian regime of

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Peña Nieto and the Seagull

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Six years ago, then-recently instated Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto had a double honeymoon. One, of course, was as president, and the other was with his newly acquired sweetheart, soap opera star, Angelica Rivera, famous back then for her role in telenovela “Distilling Love.” Rivera played the role of a well-pedicured ,barefoot farm girl with big, false

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Peña Nieto Never Understood that He Didn’t Understand

By RICARDO CASTILLO     The top criticism of outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his governance team has been repeated time and time again. “They just don’t understand that they don’t understand,” was the general consensus of top columnists and political observers across Mexico as the president sent his last State of the Nation Address to the joint session of Congress (the

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Peña Nieto Tries to Compensate for AMLO Overshadowing Him

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Last week, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto went on an unprecedented spree of interviews with three major television stations (Televisa, Imagen and TVAzteca). He was also interviewed by the leftist daily La Jornada and other newspapers. But should the president be doing this nowadays? There are a number of reasons he is launching this media blitz. First off,

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