Quotes by Enrique Pena Nieto

About Enrique Pena Nieto:

Enrique Peña Nieto is the 57th President of Mexico. His six-year term began in 2012. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he served as governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011. Peña Nieto was declared "president-elect" after the 2012 general election was declared valid by the Federal Electoral Tribunal, amidst accusations of electoral fraud. He took office on 1 December 2012, succeeding Felipe Calderón.
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Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption.

Enrique Pena Nieto

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime.

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Without better economic opportunity, you can't have better public security and vice versa.

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There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people.

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Mexico holds the fifth-largest shale gas reserve in the world, in addition to large deep-water oil reserves and a tremendous potential in renewable energy.

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I want to initiate a bilateral agenda that helps Mexico and the U.S. together compete with the world better, especially with the economies of Asia and the Pacific.

Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico is the second most important destination of U.S. exports. What does this mean? The U.S. sells to our country almost the same as it sells to all the European Union, five times what it sells Brazil. More than what it sells together to Brazil, Ru...

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Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide.

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If we don't make sure that Mexico can offer potential investors more input, they'll stop coming to Mexico. They'll go to the United States or other places where it is more economically viable to carry out their projects.

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Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment.

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The coalition is a model that has no place in a presidential regime such as in Mexico. It fits in parliamentary models, but Mexico has a presidential regime.

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Do not have any doubt that I will apply the law over whoever is responsible for not complying with the law.

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Each dollar Mexico exports to the U.S. has a content of American production of 40¢.

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There is no evidence that terrorists use Mexico to cross into the United States. There have been comments to that regard, but not one of those statements has contained hard evidence.

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Acting aggressively will allow our youth to aspire for better-paid jobs and find alternatives to criminality.

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I have read a number of books, starting with novels, that I particularly liked.

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If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico.

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Mexico has not achieved the advances that the population demands or deserves.

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Mexico has shelters, which care for children trying to cross the border, who have no company with them.

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Mexico is a safe country.

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It's obvious that Pemex doesn't have the financial capacity to be in every single front of energy generation.

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Author Bio

  • NameEnrique Pena Nieto
  • Description57th President of Mexico
  • BornJuly 20, 1966
  • CountryMexico
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsCollar Of The Order Of Isabella The Catholic?