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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 17 February 2017

MEXICO: PRD suffers desertion to Morena

Miguel Torruco, the tourism minister of the Mexico City municipal government (CDMX), has tendered his resignation. A member of the left-wing Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), Torruco has been clear that he decided to leave his post to become an adviser to Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leader of the radical left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party. As such, Torruco’s departure is another painful blow for the PRD, suggesting that it is losing further ground to its rival on the Left ahead of the 2018 general elections.

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