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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012. Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico. Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.

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Partido Revolutionario Institucional presidential calender
2011-09-13
Posted by: badanov

This is the calender for PRI's selection process for its candidate for president in 2012. What will be fascinating will be with whom PRI aligns with and which candidate is chosen.

PRI presidential candidate selection calender:

• October 8th,2011: Announcement of PRI's political platform.


• November 10-16, 2011: Negotiations begin for inclusion of coalition partners (minor political parties)


• November 18th, 2011: Formal call for candidates for president.


• November 28th - December 18th, 2011: Registration period for candidate for president.


• December 17th, 2011: Registration period closes.


• February 5th, 2012: PRI selects its candidate. (Generally expected to be former Mexico state governor Enrique Pena Nieto)