A few days after the British newspaper "The Guardian" revealed an alliance between Televisa and Enrique Peña Nieto’s team to promote his image and become president of Mexico, today Wikileaks backs that information and The New York Times also talks about the concern experienced by the U.S. government facing the outlook that shows Peña Nieto as the favorite presidential candidate.

Through cables of information issued by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, WikiLeaks shows a perception that would prove what The Guardian presented. The U.S. Embassy said in 2009 after visiting the State of Mexico, where Enrique Peña Nieto served as governor, that it was clear the support he received from Televisa and its main channels.

In a separate information that same year, the Embassy pointed out that both leaders of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and analysts were aware of the payments "under the table" to promote the image of Enrique Peña Nieto, to both Televisa and TV Azteca, and the organizations that produce public opinion polls.

The talk about "media manipulation" has not only gotten the interest of the foreign press, thousands of Mexican citizens have spoken out against this practice in the recent weeks on many cities of the country.

TV Azteca and Televisa through its various channels own 90% of the television coverage in the country, so it’s easy for them to impose a public figure. Much of the population does not have Internet access, and use TV as their primary mean of information.

Along with this information, the New York Times talks about the concern of American leaders on Enrique Peña Nieto winning the elections.

The reason is that, outside of his speech where he emphasized that he is the "new face of the PRI party" the credibility of his ideas has reduced due to the number of former governors who are active within his political party, and have been linked to drug trafficking and other crimes.

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Original Text : SanDiegoRed.com

Translation : Daniel Blanco