Mexico's Once-Dominant PRI Split Over Candidate
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Once compared to the Soviet  Communist Party for its monolithic grip on power, Mexico's  Institutional Revolutionary Party is now in turmoil over how to  win back the presidency it lost in the 2000 elections.
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SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico -- Mexican presidents, by long-standing tradition, not only fade away after leaving office. They go away.
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It may not be clear who won the presidency, but the July 2 election vividly demonstrated that Mexico is shifting toward a two-party system, with parties of the left and right holding the most seats in Congress.
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Mexican conservative Felipe Calderon takes the helm of an increasingly violent country on Friday, facing street protests over his razor-thin election victory, a southern state in chaos and a worsening drug war.
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Ruling party conservative Felipe   Calderon was finally declared Mexico's president-elect on   Tuesday, ending a two-month legal battle over election fraud   claims that has plunged the nation into crisis.
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Mexico's leftist presidential candidate threatened to disrupt the swearing in of his ruling party rival Saturday, a day after lawmakers blocked the outgoing president from delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to Congress in an escalating crisis over the July 2 election.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16 -- President Felipe CalderÃÂ¿n replaced Mexico's interior minister on Wednesday, a move that political experts say is designed to build better relations with opponents in the legislature who stymied efforts to reform the country's economy and judicial system.
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Rival deputies in Mexico's Congress come to blows, days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Felipe Calderon.
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Ruling party conservative Felipe   Calderon won Mexico's presidency on Tuesday, ending a long   legal battle over vote fraud claims, but his leftist rival   vowed to fight on in the streets.
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Mexico's former ruling party, trying to fight its way back to the presidency, overwhelmingly won two gubernatorial elections Monday and held razor-thin leads in two other races.
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A partial recount in Mexico's disputed presidential race will not erase the ruling party candidate's lead, the country's top electoral court said Monday. But the judges held off from declaring Felipe Calderon the winner.
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Felipe Calderon's election victory   in Mexico gives the U.S. government a much-needed conservative   ally in Latin America, where it has lost influence in recent   years as a string of leftist leaders took power.
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Mexico's top electoral court began a marathon session Monday to rule on challenges to the July 2 presidential election, while feuds in two southern states exacerbated the political turmoil and protesters said they might try to attack foreign embassies.
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A party divided over his candidacy will make a victory in the general election difficult, especially if McCain faces Obama.
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Mexico's former ruling party won two gubernatorial races and held narrow leads in two others Monday in an election showing that could make it a force in the 2006 national vote, in which the party seeks to regain the presidency it held for more than 70 years.
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Felipe Calderon took power as Mexico's president on Friday despite fist fights in Congress and angry protests from leftists who say he stole July's election and had vowed to prevent him from taking office.
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Bitter political rivalries flared at independence celebrations in Mexico for a second year in a row.