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Time cover of Mexico's Peña Nieto causes uproar
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Feb 19, 2014
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Time cover of Mexico's Peña Nieto causes uproar
There's been a mounting uproar over a Time magazine cover set for publication next week. It features a photo of a statuesque President Pena Nieto with the headline "Saving Mexico."

There's been a mounting uproar over a Time magazine cover set for publication next week. It features a photo of a statuesque President Pena Nieto with the headline "Saving Mexico."

If you needed proof that President Peña Nieto and his program of reforms are not without controversy, you need only look to social media over the past few days.

There's been a mounting uproar over a Time magazine cover set for publication next week. It features a photo of a statuesque President Peña Nieto with the headline "Saving Mexico."

A lot of people, especially within Mexico, have taken issue with this glowing portrayal. Journalist Daniel Hernandez joins the show from Mexico City. He's a former Los Angeles Times writer and now an editor for Vice magazine there.