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Weekly Report - 03 September 2015 (WR-15-35)
MEXICO: Peña Nieto hits halfway point, makes ministerial changes
Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto reached the halfway point of his single six-year term this week. He marked the milestone not just by presenting the traditional annual state-of-the-nation report- the ‘Informe Presidencial’- to the federal congress but also by conducting his first major cabinet reshuffle since coming to power in December 2012. Some of the cabinet changes are indicative the difficulties that the Peña Nieto government has encountered in the areas of national security, education and promoting social and economic development.
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