Loyal opposition.(INTERVIEW)(Vicente Fox Quesada speaks about Mexico's economy and future)(Interview)(Cover story)

From: Latin Trade | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Brown, Greg; Rueda, Marisol | Copyright information

Vicente Fox Quesada is Mexico's first president elected from the ranks of the opposition after 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. A member of the Partido Accion Nacional, Fox took office in December 2000 and promised progress on the biggest problems facing the world's 10th-largest economy, including poverty, corruption and unemployment. As his term ends, Mexico's macroeconomic figures are in good shape, but the mandate wasn't enough to overc...

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