Political feud sours Mexican independence fiesta
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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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President Vicente Fox celebrated Independence Day at the traditional military parade Saturday, while supporters of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador massed at an outdoor gathering and acclaimed him leader of a "parallel government."
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Mexico's main opposition party fought to hold on to one of its oldest electoral bastions before 2006 presidential elections in a close governor's race on Sunday in Veracruz state.
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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.
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Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged his supporters to take to the streets Saturday, claiming the governing party stole his victory in Mexico&#039;s extremely narrow elections.
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Felipe Calderon took over as Mexico's president on Friday and pleaded for an end to months of unrest over his narrow election win, but a huge brawl erupted in Congress where leftist opponents vowed to block him from taking the formal oath of office.
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Washington's failure to change its immigration laws is a blow to pro-U.S. Mexican President Felipe Calderon as he faces his toughest challenges since taking office in December.
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It is a Texas showdown, a war of words over illegal immigration at the border.
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MEXICO CITY -- Andr&#xE9;s Manuel L&#xF3;pez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recognize the apparent victory of the ruling party's Felipe Calder&#xF3;n.
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Warring politicians face deadlock in the wake of ethnic violence that left 250,000 homeless
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Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon named a hard-line conservative for interior minister on Tuesday and lawmakers brawled in Congress in a deepening political crisis days before Calderon takes power.
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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, Dec. 1 -- Felipe CalderÃÂ³n, a free-trade booster and career politician, was sworn in as president of Mexico on Friday in a ceremony undercut by lawmakers' jeers and fisticuffs, a chaotic scene that reflected the country's deep political and economic divisions.
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Felipe Calder&#243;n becomes Mexico's new president Friday, but faces fierce political opposition.
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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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Most Mexicans disapprove of plans by Mexico's main leftist party to disrupt Friday's swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Felipe Calderon, according to a poll released Monday.
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JALAPA, Mexico  - Mexico's main opposition party  clung to a narrow lead early on Monday in the race for governor  in Veracruz state, where it is fighting to hold on to one of  its oldest electoral bastions before 2006 presidential  elections.