Calderon takes power as fists fly
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Felipe Calderon took power as Mexico's president on Friday in a chaotic ceremony rocked by fist fights in Congress and jeering protests from leftists who claim he stole a July election that sparked months of unrest.
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Dozens of opposition lawmakers took control of Congress Friday night &#151; minutes before President Vicente Fox was deliver a major address &#151; and refused to leave until heavy security surrounding the Congress was removed.
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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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Some lawmakers say that President Ortega is taking a page from the Venezuelan leader's playbook to expand his own presidential powers.
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Felipe Calderon reaches out to his opponent after being declared Mexico's president-elect, but is rebuffed.
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Supporters of leftist President Rafael Correa armed with sticks and stones fought their way into the Congress building Tuesday, demanding lawmakers call a referendum on whether the country's constitution should be rewritten.
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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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President Felipe Calderon's approval rating rose to a sturdy 65 percent in a newspaper poll on Friday, and Mexicans resoundingly backed his use of the army to fight violent drug gangs.
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Conservative Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to win Mexico&#039;s closely fought presidential election by a solid margin, insisting he is the safe option against a vindictive and radical leftist rival.
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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 CITY -- Felipe Calder&#xF3;n, protected by a scrum of sympathetic lawmakers, ignored catcalls and rushed through the presidential oath of office in the congressional chamber yesterday, making a chaotic start to a term in which he pledged to heal a country divided by his narrow victory.
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By IOAN GRILLO MEXICO CITY - Leftist lawmakers threw punches and chairs at their conservative colleagues and some tried to block the doors of the congressional chamber Friday just an hour before incoming President Felipe Calderon was to take the oath of office there.
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The ballots have been cast and counted. But Felipe Calderon isn&#039;t Mexico&#039;s president-elect until the nation&#039;s highest electoral court says so.
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Conservative ruling party candidate   Felipe Calderon won Mexico's ferociously contested July 2   election and is president-elect, the top electoral court said   in a draft ruling on Tuesday.
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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Mexico's electoral court will name   ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon president-elect on   Tuesday and reject claims the fiercely disputed July 2   presidential vote was unfair, sources said.
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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.