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New Mexican president sworn in amid violent protests (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
New Mexican president sworn in amid violent protests (VIDEO, PHOTOS) New Mexican president sworn in amid violent protests (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published: 02 December, 2012, 01:49
Police officers clash with rioters outside of the Congress building
before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican President Enrique
Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo)
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Protesters clashed with police outside the Mexican Congress in Mexico
City on Saturday, as the country’s new president, Enrique Pena Nieto,
took the oath of office.
After the oath-taking, the new
president delivered his inaugural speech at the historic National Palace
in the city’s downtown, promising to govern democratically with
transparency.
But his first act in charge shows a strong link
to the past. In announcing his Cabinet on Friday, he turned to the old
guard as well as new technocrats to run his administration.
Nieto has pledged to make economic growth and job creation the
centerpiece of his administration, with campaign manager and long-time
confidant Luis Videgaray the key person. Videgaray, a 44-year-old
economist with a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, will lead the treasury department.
Miguel Angel
Osorio Chong, a 48-year-old former state governor who is known as a
political operator and deal maker, has been named secretary of the
interior, a post that will play a key role in security matters.
The new president has also promised to push for reforms that could
bring major private investment into Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the
crucial state-owned oil industry, which is currently struggling.
Rioters clash with police officers outside of the Congress building
before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican President Enrique
Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo)
Rioters clash with police officers outside of the Congress building
before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican President Enrique
Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo)
Policemen stay on alert as demonstrators protest outside the Congress
in Mexico City during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña
Nieto, on December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo) Policemen stay
on alert as demonstrators protest outside the Congress in Mexico City
during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, on
December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo) A demonstrator throws stones
at the police during a protest outside the Congress in Mexico City
during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, on
December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Ronaldo Schemidt) A demonstrator
throws stones at the police during a protest outside the Congress in
Mexico City during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña
Nieto, on December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Ronaldo Schemidt) A protestor
holds a Mexican flag with an anti-PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party
in Spanish) sign drawn on it during clashes with police officers
outside of the Congress building before the inauguration ceremony of
incoming Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in
Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo) A protestor holds a Mexican
flag with an anti-PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party in Spanish)
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Congress building before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican
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Hundreds of demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails, firecrackers and
rocks at security forces, who responded by using tear gas to disperse
the crowd.
At least two protesters were injured, one seriously
and a police officer with a bleeding face was taken for medical
treatment, according to law enforcement agencies.
Mexican
authorities erected security barriers around the Congress several days
ago in anticipation of protests by groups opposed to Nieto and the
return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power.
Forty-six year old Nieto, who will have the top job during the next six
years, won the presidential election on July 1st by a narrow margin,
with his victory has exposed deep divisions within the Mexican society.
The president-elect has took over at midnight in a symbolic ceremony
after campaigning as the new face of the PRI, repentant and restructured
after the party was voted out of the presidency in 2000. The PRI had
ruled for 71 years with a mix of populist handouts, graft and rigged
elections.
Rioters clash with police officers outside of the
Congress building before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican
President Enrique Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP
Photo / Pedro Pardo) Rioters clash with police officers outside of
the Congress building before the inauguration ceremony of incoming
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City
(AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo)
After the oath-taking, the new
president delivered his inaugural speech at the historic National Palace
in the city’s downtown, promising to govern democratically with
transparency.
But his first act in charge shows a strong link
to the past. In announcing his Cabinet on Friday, he turned to the old
guard as well as new technocrats to run his administration.
Nieto has pledged to make economic growth and job creation the
centerpiece of his administration, with campaign manager and long-time
confidant Luis Videgaray the key person. Videgaray, a 44-year-old
economist with a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, will lead the treasury department.
Miguel Angel
Osorio Chong, a 48-year-old former state governor who is known as a
political operator and deal maker, has been named secretary of the
interior, a post that will play a key role in security matters.
The new president has also promised to push for reforms that could
bring major private investment into Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the
crucial state-owned oil industry, which is currently struggling.
Rioters clash with police officers outside of the Congress building
before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican President Enrique
Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo)
Rioters clash with police officers outside of the Congress building
before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican President Enrique
Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo)
Policemen stay on alert as demonstrators protest outside the Congress
in Mexico City during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña
Nieto, on December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo) Policemen stay
on alert as demonstrators protest outside the Congress in Mexico City
during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, on
December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo) A demonstrator throws stones
at the police during a protest outside the Congress in Mexico City
during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, on
December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Ronaldo Schemidt) A demonstrator
throws stones at the police during a protest outside the Congress in
Mexico City during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña
Nieto, on December 1, 2012 (AFP Photo / Ronaldo Schemidt) A protestor
holds a Mexican flag with an anti-PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party
in Spanish) sign drawn on it during clashes with police officers
outside of the Congress building before the inauguration ceremony of
incoming Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in
Mexico City (AFP Photo / Pedro Pardo) A protestor holds a Mexican
flag with an anti-PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party in Spanish)
sign drawn on it during clashes with police officers outside of the
Congress building before the inauguration ceremony of incoming Mexican
President Enrique Pena Nieto on December 1, 2012, in Mexico City (AFP
Photo / Pedro Pardo)
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