Mexico moving toward two-party system
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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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Felipe Calderon took charge Friday of Mexico's presidential residence in what he calls the start of the inauguration process.
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A Mexican leftist politician launches his fourth attempt to win the country's presidency.
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The Institutional Revolutionary Party won nearly every Mexican election for seven decades. Thrown into disarray after President Vicente Fox knocked it from power four years ago, the party has recovered &#151; and is again becoming tough to beat at the ballot box.
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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 leftist presidential candidate, who is contesting his rival's election victory, told followers Sunday the country needs a "radical transformation" and he plans to draft a new constitution.
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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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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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The former ruling party had an early lead late Sunday in state gubernatorial elections across Mexico as the party tried to build on a bid to retake the presidency in 2006.
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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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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.
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Conservative ruling party candidate  Felipe Calderon won Mexico's ferociously contested July 2  presidential election, the country's top electoral court said  in a preliminary ruling on Tuesday.
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Resistance to barrier between U.S., Mexico raises concerns about feasibility, potential effectiveness.
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Felipe Calder&#243;n becomes Mexico's new president Friday, but faces fierce political opposition.
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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's top electoral court will   make its final ruling on the fiercely disputed July 2 election   on Tuesday, and is almost certain to name ruling party   conservative Felipe Calderon as president-elect.
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After a campaign that split open Mexico&#039;s deep class divisions, voters were deciding Sunday whether to elect a free-spending leftist who pledges to put the poor first or a conservative politician who says private investment and free markets are the keys to prosperity.