The Final Days of Mexican President Vicente Fox

“Independent to the outcome of Mexico’s post-election conflict and the decision on who will be Mexico’s next president, which will be decided by the Federal Electoral Tribunal or Congress, the final day in office for President Vicente Fox will be November 30, 2006. Vicente Fox, the rancher and businessman who in 2000, at age 58, defeated the party that had monolithically governed Mexico for more than 70 years.

To win the presidency Fox promised a great deal, and as a consequence the down side of his six years in office is not having kept important campaign promises: peace in Chiapas within 15 minutes; seven percent annual economic growth; or the creation of more than 1 million jobs per year. Nor was he able to bring about his proposed fiscal, energy and labor reforms; he was unable to build a new international airport for Mexico City; he could not control migration; and worst of all, he leaves a country divided.”

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