The "return" of Carlos Salinas to active politics in Mexico has long been heralded - following AMLO, Salinas is the mover behind every one of Mexico´s ills - yet the claim appears increasingly justified. Not only did he issue yet-another book seeking to varnish his tattered presidency; according to Milenio, his recent visit to Yucatán, where he met with his admirer, PRI Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, had as its further purpose to entice Ortega Pacheco to be Humberto Moreira´s running mate for the PRI presidency, as secretary general.
It makes perfect sense: Ortega Pacheco is in many ways the female equivalent of the Mexico State governor; like Peña Nieto, she has spent an exorbitant amount on the media promotion of her image; like Peña Nieto, she has also used her majority in the local state congress to steamroll a range of legislative initiative, ignoring input from the opposition. The most recent example of this happened just days ago, when the congress approved, in relation with the state budget, a whopping 217 articles in 48 hours.
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