Mexican leftist Lopez Obrador to be sworn in as head of parallel government

“On Monday, the fiery leftist plans to be sworn in as “Mexico’s legitimate president” ”” thumbing his nose at the country’s highest electoral court, which declared conservative Felipe Calderon the presidential election winner by less than 1 percentage point.

Based in Mexico City, the parallel government will not try to collect taxes or make laws. It will have one objective: to hamper Calderon during his six-year term that begins Dec. 1. His supporters have pledged to block Calderon’s swearing-in ceremony before the Mexican Congress, although they have not announced how they plan to do so.”

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