GOBERNAR SERÁ UN RETO PARA EL GANADOR DECLARADO DEL VOTO MEXICANO: FELIPE CALDERÓN 14 septiembre 2006 La Vanguardia, periódico español, informa que el nuevo presidente electo de México, Felipe Calderón, tendrá un trabajo altamente difícil cuando asume el mando del gobierno. El reto más inmediato es la "insurrección" civil de su contrincante electoral, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, que dice que no sólo seguirá cuestionando la legitimidad de su ascendencia, sino que formará un gobierno paralelo. [Texto completo]

FELIPE CALDERÓN WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED THE WINNER OF MÉXICO'S 2 JULY 2006 ELECTION
7 September 2006

Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal, the last constitutional word on the outcome of the election of 2 July 2006, has officially declared Felipe Calderón the winner and president-elect. Oppostion leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he will ask his supporters to back him in a rally vote on 16 September in the center of Mexico city in an effort to form a parallel government, the function of which is, at present, still unclear.

Calderón will be faced with the extremely difficult task of uniting a nation which is facing two revolts against regional leadership, one armed, one civil and non-violent, and part of which believes he has come by his position by way of fraud. He will need to united virulently opposed factions in order to govern effectively and to move ahead with his campaign of economic liberalization and to deal effectively with a northern neighbor whose immigration policies are increasingly hostile to his own people. [s]

• Globe and Mail: "It's Official: Calderon wins Mexican vote"

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MEXICO'S FEDERAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, WHOSE RULINGS CANNOT BE APPEALED, HAS SAID IT WILL DECLARE A WINNER OR ANNUL VOTE EARLY TUESDAY
5 September 2006

Mexico's special court, established to resolve electoral protests in a constitutional process, has announced it will decide what the final official count is for the 2 July balloting, and whether or not the established count is valid. Felipe Calderón currently holds a 240,000 vote advantage in the official tally, and nothing points to the court annulling the election.

Official frontrunner, Felipe Calderón, the candidate of Vicente Fox's PAN coalition, insists the election was free of irregularities, clean and legitimate and that the count that currently exists is both complete and definitive. His supporters and political allies insist the system must be allowed to decide the outcome and that any resistance beyond the decision of the electoral tribunal is an affront to the rule of law. [Full Story]

CONTROVERSIA Y ENFRENTAMIENTO DOMINAN EN MÉXICO ESTOS DÍAS
20 septiembre 2006

Ahora que el Tribunal Electoral mexicano ha declarado ganador al candidato del partido reinante, y su principal contrincante progresista ha iniciado un gobierno paralelo, la tensión el enfrentamiento político parecen haber aumentado. Ahora el presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ha dicho en una entrevista con CNN que no reconocerá el gobierno del presidente electo, Felipe Calderón. [Texto completo]