Mexico left names own "president"
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Mexican leftists, who say the July   2 election was stolen, declared their candidate the "legitimate   president" on Saturday, a symbolic move reducing the risk of   street protests to make the country ungovernable.
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President-elect Felipe Calderon named a governor tied to a violent crackdown on protesters to his Cabinet Tuesday, while leftist and ruling party lawmakers came to blows in Mexico's Congress over fears that the opposition would try to sabotage the inauguration.
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A political feud that has sharply   polarized Mexico's left and right soured the country's most   important national fiesta when two opposing leaders hosted   rival ceremonies ahead of independence day on Saturday.
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Uruguay has elected its first leftist president, Tabare Vazquez, who joins a growing list of left-leaning leaders in South America.
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Felipe Calderon&#039;s slim lead in Mexico&#039;s presidential race was called into question as an official recount of vote tallies showed his leftist opponent slightly ahead late Wednesday. However, Calderon insisted he had won and even offered to include his rival in his Cabinet.
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Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon defied leftist protesters on Thursday by vowing to hold his inauguration in Congress, risking clashes with opposition lawmakers who say he stole the July election.
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Now that Mexican leftists have acclaimed defeated candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador president of a parallel government, the question is will they settle into the role of a normal democratic opposition or try to press their agenda through more militant resistance.
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The ruling party&#039;s Felipe Calderon won the official count in Mexico&#039;s disputed presidential race Thursday, a come-from-behind victory for the stiff technocrat. But his leftist rival refused to concede and said he&#039;d fight the results in court.
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Mexico's electoral court will name   ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon president-elect on   Tuesday, rejecting claims the fiercely disputed July 2 vote was   unfair, sources said.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5--Felipe CalderÃÂ³n, a former energy minister and one-time long-shot candidate, was unanimously declared president-elect of Mexico Tuesday by a special election court that has been under intense pressure to end a two-month electoral crisis.
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Mexico&#039;s presidential candidates wrapped up months of mudslinging with final campaign rallies Wednesday, with left-leaning Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and conservative Felipe Calderon locked in a tight race.
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Mexico's largest left-wing party apparently won an important victory Sunday in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, according to initial results, in one of three gubernatorial elections that could preview next year's national presidential campaign.
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Felipe Calderon took power as Mexico's president on Friday in a chaotic ceremony rattled by fist fights in Congress and jeering protests from leftists who claim he stole a July election that sparked months of political unrest.
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Felipe CalderÃ³n took the oath of office to become MexicoÂs new president under chaotic and divisive conditions.
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Mexico&#039;s young democracy faced its greatest test yet Monday as the pro-business Felipe Calderon declared himself president-elect with a 380,000-vote advantage and his leftist rival vowed to use all &quot;legal means&quot; to challenge that apparent outcome.
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Felipe CalderÃ³n, who was declared MexicoÂs next president today, was born into a political family and has been working toward the office ever since.
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Mexico's leftist opposition leader   acknowledges a court will soon declare his conservative rival   Felipe Calderon president-elect even though he believes the   July 2 election was fraudulent, an aide said on Thursday.