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Kennedy School graduate Felipé Calderón Hinojosa was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, dispatching the leftist former mayor of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel L??³pez Obrador, after a tight race that was too-close-to-call until the official count was finished yesterday...
...telet. After buying a more comfortable pair of walking shoes and giving up the morning jogs, I began to enjoy the taste of a walking culture. I couldn’t remember why I would frequently take the shuttle from Mather (though upon further reflection, the answer is l??€™hiver). I have set aside a few afternoons when I didn’t have class to walk until I got lost enough to have to pull out my Paris map. It is getting a lot harder for me to get lost, which I consider a good omen...
...L??pez, 52, has cast himself as the champion of Mexico's have-nots, promising to "keep our young people from having to abandon their towns and families for the other side of the border." A former social worker, he lives in an austere Mexico City apartment. He says he will steer resources to small businesses and end tax and regulatory breaks enjoyed by large corporations. He also wants to review the North American Free Trade Agreement, which has hurt Mexican farmers by deluging the market with cheap food imports. "For once," L??pez told TIME, "we're going...
...critics also say L??pez has a self-righteous streak that colors his campaign, such as when he refused to take part in the first presidential debate. The Harvard-educated Calderón, 43, has run negative ads that equate L??pez with Latin America's left-wing bogeyman, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and he charges that L??pez's social welfare agenda will jeopardize the nation's decade-long economic recovery and return Mexico to the debt nightmares of its past...
Such tactics have helped the uninspiring Calderón close L??pez's once-sizable lead in the polls, although he suffered a setback this month when L??pez disclosed that while Calderón was Fox's Energy Secretary, his brother-in-law received a piñata of lucrative federal contracts. Says political analyst Sergio Aguayo: "The fact that L??pez is daring to come to the presidency without his hands tied by privileged interests is something new for Mexico. And it scares a lot of powerful people...