Many in Mexico Stunned by President Pena Nieto's Flying Start Luis Prados - El Pias
go to original March 23, 2013

Enrique Peña Nieto (c) visits an oil refinery in Salamanca, Guanajuato state (Presidency of the Republic/EFE)

MEXICO CITY - It has not been uncommon over the past weeks to hear the people on the streets of Mexico City say such phrases as: “I would have never thought…” or “Who would have said…?” These exclamations represent a general sense of astonishment at the battery of initiatives adopted by President Enrique Peña Nieto in his first 100 days in office.

In just three months, the 46-year-old Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) leader has drastically changed the political landscape left by his conservative predecessor, Felipe Calderón. Peña Nieto has generated hope and expectations both inside and outside Mexico, which is nothing short of amazing coming from someone who was criticized during last year’s campaign for being a candidate fabricated by Televisa, the country’s powerful broadcaster, as well as by the PRI.

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