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Once upon a time, before he became the most powerful man in Mexico, Institutional Revolutionary Party president Enrique Peña Nieto was something of a Don Juan. His affairs, which he publicly acknowledged in January 2012 just before last year's presidential campaign began in earnest, produced two illegitimate children. And although the new PRI chief executive says he's now "devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus," he may have to answer to the law of men as well. Enrique Peña Nieto admits: "I was unfaithful" - and bares all during newspaper interview.
In a five and one-half minute video posted today on YouTube, Maritza Díaz Hernández, the mother of the president's only surviving out-of-wedlock child, Diego, demanded he help support the boy. "Why haven't you done anything for him?", asks Díaz. "He loves you, you say you love him, but you haven't even seen him for 17 months. He misses you."
Diaz referred to herself as "the mother and the father of this wonderful child."
Peña Nieto's other illegitimate offspring, by a different mother, died at about one year of age. Both children were conceived and born while the president was married to his first wife, Mónica Pretelini Sáenz, with whom the president had three children, now young adults. Pretelini died from cardiac arrest during an epileptic episode in January 2007.
In a newspaper interview last year, the president said that his first wife knew all about the two affairs, which "actually brought them closer together."
But in a book published in February 2012, Mexican author Alberto Tavira claimed Enrique Peña Nieto, 46, is "addicted to women. He takes them to heaven, but leaves them in hell." El Gran Amante.
Peña Nieto married the First Lady of Mexico, Angélica Rivera, in November 2010. Pope Benedict XVI met the couple and gave them his personal blessing when they visited the Vatican some months before. Rivera is a hugely popular star of the telenovela, this country's answer to the soap opera.
Maritza Diaz noted that for the first few years after the birth of Diego, who is now eight, Peña Nieto helped support the child "somewhat" and showed an interest in having a father-son relationship with him. But in 2010 that came to an end, as presidential politics and a new marriage intervened.
In today's posting Maritza Díaz says she's had enough. "Enrique Peña Nieto and I had a nine year relationship, during which time we produced a marvelous child. I've implored Enrique to attend to his responsibilities, but I received no response. As a result, I decided to turn to the social media to state my case. His response was to sue me in the State of Mexico (Edomex), where my son and I do not live and where we have no contacts."
Diaz didn't elaborate on the details of Peña Nieto's legal action against her, but apparently the main purpose was to silence her. The president is a former governor of Edomex, and remains a popular and influential politician there. She in turn decided to file a counter action for domestic maintenance in the Federal District of Mexico, seeking a more neutral venue.
"I've also sought help from the United States Embassy, since our son was born in the U.S. and is an American citizen." Diaz said she has appealed to Mexico's Attorney General - an Enrique Peña Nieto appointee - to the Mexican senate and to civil rights and women's organization. All of them "received me warmly, but they've done nothing."
Diaz said that so far most of the rulings in the two pending legal actions have favored Peña Nieto. But she alleged the president has entirely ignored a March 8 court order directing him to comply with her child support demands, which Diaz characterized as "minimal, the basic necessities."
"Enrique is no longer the person I once knew," Diaz noted in her video.
"I'm determined to go forward with this," Diaz said, "to defend my rights, and those of our son. I'm in the same situation as millions of other Mexican women, and millions of woman around the world."
Concluding, Diaz looked into the camera and said, "Enrique, I implore you to give us five minutes of your time, and to attend to the well-being of our son."
Mexico is sure to be enthralled.
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