In the July 2003 local election, Milpa Alta was the only delegación to elect a borough mayor from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the countryâunder a succession of namesâfor more than 70 years. ...
The Indians of MilpaAlta, an area on the outskirts of the capital, style themselves on the Zapatistas who are setting up autonomous communities in the southern state of Chiapas.
Most are trapped in rural poverty, but those in MilpaAlta live in the nation's political power base.
In MilpaAlta some of the old people teach the Nahuatl language to youngsters.