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In Mexico, the PAN's election loss is wake-up call for party

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Mexico's National Action Party, or PAN, finishes third in the presidential vote. It risks becoming an also-ran unless its factions unite and rebuild the party.

MEXICO CITY — On election night 12 years ago, the headquarters ofMexico's main conservative party buzzed with the electric thrill of history as voters ousted the country's longtime rulers.

Mexico President-elect Peña Nieto's win is weaker than expected

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:14 PM PDT

A landslide failed to materialize and now Enrique Peña Nieto will have to negotiate with two opposition parties to push through his ambitious program.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party is marching back into the presidential palace bolstered by its control of a raft of state governorships and a good standing in Congress.

Enrique Peña Nieto wins Mexico's presidency, early results show

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto is ahead by about 6 percentage points, a partial count shows. His nearest competitor, repeating history, refuses to concede.

MEXICO CITY — Millions of Mexicans voted Sunday to restore to power a once-authoritarian party they dumped 12 years ago, according to preliminary results, while also delivering a harsh rebuke to a government that advanced democratic rule but saw the country plunge into grisly violence.