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Why Mexico's PRI Is Cleaning House

By Carin Zissis

Mexico's ruling party faces a difficult task convincing voters that its anti-corruption efforts are sincere.

Just four years ago, Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto, then a candidate for office, considered Javier Duarte part of a “new generation of politics” that would help shepherd his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) toward a more transparent future. On October 12, facing charges ranging from embezzlement to document forgery, Duarte stepped down as the governor of Veracruz to fight what he called a “campaign” against his leadership. 

He will have to wage that...

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