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Calderon wins in Mexico presidential elections/Mexicanos eligen a Felipe Calderón como nuevo presidente
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La Voz Nueva
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July 12, 2006
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- Corrales, Felipe
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Kennedy School graduate Felipe Calderon Hinojosa was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2006, dispatching the leftist former mayor of Mexico City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, after a tight race that was tooclose-to-call several days after the elections.
Calderon, a former energy minister and the candidate of outgoing President Vicente Fox's ruling National Action Party, focused his campaign on reviving the Mexican economy, promising to increase foreign investment, reduce tax rates, further liberalize trade, and maintain tight monetary policy.
In sharp contrast, Lopez Obrador, the candidate of the Revolutionary Democratic Party, promised to increase social spending through a ...