Enrique Pena Nieto on Time Magazine Cover Stirs Controversy at Home Susmita Baral - Latin Times
go to original February 13, 2014

Enrique Peña Nieto graces TIME magazine's cover. (TIME Magazine)

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who took power in December 2012, is on the cover of TIME magazine in a feature about his work in the North American country. The cover has a picture of Nieto with bold writing, reading: "Saving Mexico." It should come as no surprise that the cover is referring to Nieto's work in battling the nation's war on drug cartels. But the decision to put Nieto on the cover has proven to be controversial, according to social media's preliminary response to the cover alone.

After the release of the TIME magazine cover, critics of Nieto have created mock covers poking fun at the Mexican president. One cover changed the word "Saving" to "Raping" and altered the headline to read, "How Enrique Peña Nieto's reforms have fucked the narrative in his narco-stained nation." Another cover photoshopped Hollywood actor Leonardo Di Caprio's face in place of Nieto's, in a symbolic move perhaps alluding to Nieto's looks or poking fun at the fact that anyone's face could be on the magazine with the same headline.

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