Mexico Swears In New Leader, Quickly
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After attempts to block entrances, fisticuffs and much protest from losing leftists, the ceremony for Felipe CalderÃ³n lasted four minutes.
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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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In addition to relieving Mexico City&#39;s top cop Marcelo Ebrard of his duties, the president also let go JosÃ© Luis Figueroa, director of the Federal Preventative Police.
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 28 -- Mexican President-elect Felipe CalderÃÂ³n named a hard-line conservative as interior minister Tuesday, and lawmakers slapped and pushed one another in a deepening political crisis three days before CalderÃÂ³n takes power.
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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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Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
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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 despite a sit-in there by opposing lawmakers who say he won the July election by fraud.
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Felipe Calder&#243;n becomes Mexico's new president Friday, but faces fierce political opposition.
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When the next president takes office, one of his most daunting tasks will be breaking the diplomatic wall of ice that has formed between Mexico and its neighbor to the north.
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Most Mexicans think he is ineffective, but affable rancher President Vicente Fox leaves office this week with the kind of popularity his U.S. counterpart can only dream of.
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Guatemala on Monday swears in Alvaro Colom, its first leftist president in more than 50 years.
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Martin Torrijos Espino was sworn in as the new Panamanian president on Wednesday in the Atlapa Conventions Center of the capital. In his speech at the inauguration ceremony
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Mexico City's mayor said Tuesday his government was not intimidated by a bomb apparently intended for a police director, and pledged to forge ahead with the capital's battle against organized crime.
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MEXICO CITY The new head of the Mexican oil monopoly PetrÃ³leos Mexicanos was forced to deny corruption allegations Tuesday on his first day in the job, after local media reports alleged that he was a partner in a firm that rented property to the oil
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Newly inaugurated President Felipe Calderon announced a program Wednesday to help Mexico's 100 poorest communities, responding to leftist critics who accuse the conservative leader of wanting to help only the rich.
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After nine weeks, conservative Felipe Calder&#243;n has been declared president.