The PRI – once the overwhelmingly dominant party of Mexico in the 20th century – is now a weak and also-ran political force
Mexico’s oldest party has lost control of the country’s most populous and influential state, in an election result that could signal the end of a powerful network that has dominated politics in the region for almost a century.
Alejandra del Moral Vela – the candidate for the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) which has governed the state of Mexico uninterrupted since 1929 – was beaten by eight points on Sunday, despite claiming victory during the vote count.
About Author
More Stories
New Zealand minister quits after having ‘placed hand’ on staffer’s arm
‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another
More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship