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 Business News | November 2006 
Calderon Names Business-Friendly Cabinet
 Associated Press
| | President-elect Felipe Calderon, left, speaks with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson during his visit to Mexico City, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. (AP/Alfredo Guerrero) |
President-elect Felipe Calderon on Tuesday named top economic aides to his Cabinet less than two weeks before his term begins, saying his new government will focus on creating jobs as "the only effective path to fighting poverty."
His new treasury secretary will be Agustin Carstens, a University of Chicago-educated economist who served as deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Calderon narrowly defeated leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a disputed election on July 2. He will replace President Vicente Fox on Dec. 1. Both Fox and Calderon are from the conservative National Action Party.
Lopez Obrador has refused to recognize Calderon's victory, saying it is tainted by fraud and dirty campaign practices. On Monday, surrounded by tens of thousands of supporters in Mexico City's main Zocalo plaza, he swore himself in as Mexico's "legitimate" president and launched a parallel government that he says will try to block Calderon's proposals.
His supporters have also vowed to keep the president-elect from taking office.
Calderon, who won the presidency with just under 36 percent of the vote in a five-way race, has tried to reach out to the millions who didn't vote for him by adopting several of Lopez Obrador's campaign proposals, including a pension for the elderly and lower utility rates for the poor. |
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