Meeting with foreign reporters, Calderon said he hoped to reach an accord with Washington leading eventually to the legalization of millions of undocumented Mexicans living in the U.S. — something that eluded Mexico's outgoing president and draws strong opposition to the north.
The conservative politician also said he would seek help for Mexican farmers who will be hurt when a clause under the North American Free Trade allows U.S. corn and bean imports in 2008.
Calderon expressed confidence Mexico's political uncertainty following his razor-thin victory in Sunday's election would not destabilize the country and said his opponent, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, wouldn't be an obstacle to his new government.
Lopez Obrador's Democratic Revolution Party, meanwhile, laid the foundation for a long, tough fight over Thursday's official vote count that gave Calderon the victory with a margin of less than 244,000 votes out of a total 41 million ballots.
The party said its legal challenge urging top electoral court to order a recount of every ballot cast will allege vote fraud at thousands of polling places and campaign meddling by President Vicente Fox and business groups.
HAHA I hope they throw Vicente Fox in jail. What a dirtbag.
Finally, it looks as if Mexico is going to have a straight government.
