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Mexico’s president draws ire for official portrait
President Enrique Peña Nieto receives backlash for his expensive photograph.
Screenshot from President Pena Nieto’s Instagram account.
President Enrique Peña Nieto’s official portrait received a wave of online criticism after he shared the photo across his social media accounts. Photographed by Hector Armando Herrera Peralta, the portrait cost 376,420 Mexican pesos or roughly $29,500.
On March 4, Peña Nieto set his Facebook and Twitter profile pictures to his portrait.
Published On 7 Mar 2013